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 Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 9:54 am
As the mid-point has fallen on us, how are you dealing with the doldrums? Are you powering through the mess of word vomit and out of control plots or are you struggling to find motivation to not kill off every single character, burn your world to the ground, and hit the delete button?
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 11:26 am
I'm actually a bit ahead of the game, which is nice. Just reached 30,000 words.
My problem is that I realized I don't want to kill my antagonist in the end. Which will be a while yet, but the more I write him the more I see what a nice guy he is. It's times like these that I wish I could just write a truly evil villain, instead of a guy with some flaws, but who's overall a good person. His best friend is a unicorn darn it!
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 12:01 pm
I'm ready to throw it all on the fire, personally. emotion_donotwant
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 3:11 pm
I've been getting inspiration for another story of mine. I'm powering through as quickly as possible so I'm allowed to go write in it. I'm at 35k, and I want to be done already!
This is pretty typical for me during NaNo. It happens every year.
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 4:15 pm
I've still got words in me but there are other things I want to do after work (like sleep or watch a movie). But I'm toughing it out with the exception of last night when I went to a local gathering of geocachers for our monthly Meet & Eat. That got me a day behind and I'm having a hard time getting going tonight.
I'll continue to be a writer after November but this might be my last year to participate in NaNoWriMo. Contrary to what they say, deadlines do NOT help me get stuff achieved. They just make me feel like someone is nagging me which always is a turn off. We'll see...
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Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 6:25 pm
I know I'm sick of this scene that I can't seem to ever end. This is like the never ending chapter. D:
And based on my feelings alone, I've decided my ending. I'm not sure if it's what readers would want, but it's what I feel is right as a writer. I might write it soon so I don't lose it.
I haven't even gotten to the second half of my book yet (plot wise), which is where I had most of the original plot ideas for this particular story.
(The end, and the scene leading up to the end, which involves character betrayal and other fun goodies. biggrin )
Now if I could just get there. I feel like I'm the one on my MC's long and impossible journey...
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