November 2009
2 posts
Day 1 summary
I am a little underwhelmed at my production today. I wrote 1911 words, which is enough to be on track, but I was hoping with a day of basically nothing to do, I would knock out at least two or three days worth of words.
There are several reasons I did not get as much written as I wanted to:
Distractions. Oh, the laundry needs to get done. Oh, I wish that loud woman would stop yelling about...
Day 1 begins
Again, the goal: 50,000 words in 30 days.
My goal is made even more challenging by the fact that I will be taking a five day road trip in the middle of the month, where I will be unlikely to be doing any writing.
This is going to be fun.
Many of my writing friends opted to use the extra hour most of us got today to extend their writing time. I think I used it much more wisely—I slept in,...
October 2009
7 posts
What I've Got To Work With
I’ve got a lot of writing to do if I am going meet the goal of 50,000 words in 30 days. I have one week to prepare. How do I make this work?
Here is what I have decided upon to help me make this happen:
Empty Notepad and Pen - I do my best creative thinking on paper and often when I am out and about—eating dinner, chatting with a friend, people watching in a diner, etc. Moments of...
Subtlety Is Important
Warning: minor spoiler for episode three, season four of the television show Heroes.
For the sake of the point I’d like to make, let’s skip the discussions about how season two and three of Heroes were severe disappointments or how except Heroes, I don’t actually watch televisions shows, so that fact that I can even talk about this is an oddity.
I just finished watching episode...
An observation about the synopsis.
I have had the idea for this story for at least 7 or 8 years. I can not remember the exact moment I came up with it, but it came in a spark of creativity that I’ve carefully stoked, but never executed, over the years.
Imagine my surprise, then, when I sat down today to write my synopsis. This idea which I’ve had for the better part of a decade, which I have shared with numerous...
Draft Synopsis: God Killers, Inc.
Each race has it’s time to rule over the world. It is the dusk of humankind’s reign but no one wants to go quietly into the night. The priests and spiritual leaders gather in council and collectively ask their plethora of deities to intervene. Then the unthinkable happens:
The gods answer.
This is, as it turns out, unpopular. Instead of helping mankind from their lofty homes far...
NaNoWriMo
I officially joined NaNoWriMo today.
The idea is simple: write a 150 page (about 50,000 word) novel in 30 days.
You can see my profile, overall progress, and be my writing buddy here.
The gist.
What am I doing?
I’m drawing the line in the sand here for myself. I’ve spent most of my life reading, listening, watching, and thinking in stories. It is time to move from passive experience to active participation. This is not about fame, success, or money. This is about passion, joy, and the challenge of it all.
This is also not about sharing my writing (though I will). This...