Running in the dark
NaNoWriMo Progress: 24,624.
Adding to my inconsistent set of metaphors, I am now running in the dark with my plot. I'm going very quickly, but I have no idea how this works into the plot. The characters are taking on more and more unique characteristics and revealing their backstories, but I am not sure how the main plot may or may not use them. I have two main male characters, and I still can't tell which one is going to end up with the main female character. Who knows; at this stage, the two males might even decide to be gay and leave the female character with a broken heart.
I really, genuinely have no idea. But currently, the words are flying onto the paper and I'm hoping that at the very worst, I can pick up some threads for short stories from them, even if they don't work in the bigger novel.
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Huh. I think that's my problem. I think I write really fast, and the story tells itself when I'm exploring *who* someone is. When I've gotta figure out what they're doing, then it seems to sort of fall apart. And the weird thing is, so long as what someone's doing is illuminating who they are, it still counts as fast, and focused.
This was particualrly clear in the first town the character visits - I was almost completely stuck, until I decided to give the local "villain" some backstory, and then the story just took on a life of its own. I think what I need to do is meet some of the other characters.
seppo
I can't believe you stopped so close to 50%. :p
I see that you blew by it today though. Congrats!
That "Jason" would be me, by the way. :o
I've typed up to the end of my last complete section. I've got the rest of the book mapped out in my head and HOPE, for nanorimo sake, that it doesn't bloat past 50 k.
Part 1, of 2, was about 26k, so I feel like I'm on track.
For the record, seppo is a neuronet processor..a learning computer.
Ugh. Got a bit of the way into getting sort of a good flow going again - passed 40K this morning. Was going to write more in the evening, but got news that a friend of mine from college died. So, yeah. So much for writing. Still, maybe tomorrow it'll be a cathartic experience, I don't really know.
Wow. Sorry to hear about that Seppo. That's terrible news. :(
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