Last call folks!: If you want in on the Novel-Push Initiative, drop a message below.
For those of you already signed up, now’s a great time to do some pre-meditation on what you’ll be writing. After all, NPI is only one day away (yes, April’s one of those damnable months with only thirty days).
For me, I think fine-tuning is key. It really helps my fingers fly later if I have that group of characters that the MC will be meeting soon fleshed out now; where they live/how they operate/back-stories/who they know, etc. I try to scrutinize my societies’ social mores and tweak them until they make more sense.
I’ll also daydream upcoming scenes in different ways from many different perspectives to better line up future events and figure out how to best narrate scenes without losing reader interest and key information. And (if I’m lucky) maybe even figure out ways to squeeze in some fun facts along the way without making it seem too much like exposition.
Are you preparing? If so, how?
Comment by Merrilee Faber — April 29, 2009 @ 11:17 pm
I think, for the most part, I should not expect to get too much quality out of that tiring façade of a day
The weekend will be low-key, as we know I do not tend to get into the nitty-gritting on Sat-Sun. So really, for pure ‘writing something decent’ I think Monday is it.
I’d like to prove myself wrong, but I also have to keep a practical mindset else I might get discouraged.
Comment by RG Sanders — April 30, 2009 @ 9:14 am
Tomorrow, I will write the first word of my first novel. I am afraid, yet confident–it’s such a strange sensation.
Comment by christopher. — April 30, 2009 @ 3:33 pm
When I began Ran Red, I simply knew where I would begin, what the issue would be, and the very, very end. Everything in-between has been a product of writing on the fly: characters, names, places, history, events.
It’s actually – for me – more interesting, although sometimes harder in the long run in terms of detailing and consistency. I just love how the characters direct what’s happening, and the events unfold because of circumstance and prior happenings.
Very little is initially planned for me, so tomorrow I begin my middle Act, and truly, I have no real idea how I’m getting to that 3rd one and ultimately the very end.
Fun, fun (AHH!) fun.
Comment by RG Sanders — April 30, 2009 @ 5:33 pm
When you surprise yourself while writing, there’s a pretty good chance the reader’ll be surprised too.
Comment by Nick Enlowe — April 30, 2009 @ 9:45 pm
But if I don’t yet, I just type three question marks and move on. That kind of stuff can always be fixed in the revision, hope that helps!
Comment by Nick Enlowe — April 30, 2009 @ 9:54 pm
Good luck and here’s to another 10k+ words!
Comment by Latrina — May 1, 2009 @ 8:20 am