5210
I'm calling it a day for day 1, and at 5210 words, I think I'm off to a pretty good start. It's a nearly completely tangential start to things, but it's sort of a backstory that ideally, illuminates the characters to some degree. Or at least gives me, personally, a feel for a.) writing, and b.) who they are.
I've gotta say, it's difficult to read back on things, because having read Kerowack's writing, it's literally on a completely different level. I feel like a third grader to his Michaelangelo. Maybe that's a little over-the-top, but genuinely, not that far off, IMO. So, it's a little demoralizing in some respects, but in other respects, I'm having a ball. I know I'm not a great writer, nor do I even really aspire to be one. It's a fun process, it makes me think about what makes a story, and it even works to help develop this RPG concept that's been bouncing around in my (and others') head(s) for a while, now.
Good stuff.
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Checking in. I just emailed myself a backup of the day's work. I work with a copy called "working_draft" and save myself copies with the date as the name of the file.
Anyway, my wordcount for today is 2753. Woo!
I started on a really bad hump. I kept writing depressing and even more depressing stuff. But I just stopped and skipped over to a fun scene and all sorts of stuff started to happen. My heroine started a near-stampede at a ball with a mere taste of dessert. I created a concept of a "cursed season" for marriageable young ladies that led to the secret journal of some older lady who passed away. I don't know where I'm going with this and all of this is not in my plot outline, but there it is, and it's fun again. I was worried because the depressing stuff was getting me down. Hahah.
To tomorrow!
Those are crazy word counts. I think I'm averaging about 1500 words a day. I've got today off (well, half of it. college and the night job, but no teaching today) so I'll get some done.
My biggest problem right now is that I'm not sure if my story is headed for under or way over 50,000 words and have kind of glossed over the section I'm on. I'll go back and stretch it later, but right now, I'm just gonna try and write and ignore the worry.
Again, in a way I wish I had held off on sending my stuff out. On one hand I have the confidence of twenty bulls trapped inside of china shops, but on the other hand I feel like the son of a football player who wants to score touchdowns to make dad happy.
But, despite all confidence and insecurity, I write whatever.
Don't worry son, you don't have to make that touchdown. I believe in you though.
Hee!
"Ignore the worry." -- Best. Advice. Evar.
Thanks for believing in me, but this morning's work was full of fumbles and false starts.
Still, progress is being made!
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