This used to be a poem, but I decided to make a seperate blog for those.
This is the blog: http://wading-aronoded.blogspot.com
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Jane Austen, I am not. Yoda? Maybe.
I wrote my first five pages. It's touch and go at this point. There are things I like about it and things I don't. It's a bit awkward. I am thinking it will do me some good to do some more reading. See how other people structure their chapters, how they start, etc.
I also think I need to just write and just let it go and not worry about how much it sucks. I usually have to write for a bit to get my flow going. But once I get going, I am good to go for hours. So I might pump out a completely shit first chapter or two, and then the story finally takes on a life of it's own and levels off. Then, when I HAVE that groove, I can go back and redo the beginning.
For all I know, doing this might change the story completely. I might decide to change plot or focus on someone completely different or change my writing perspective entirely. It's kind of fun and aggrivating at the same time.
Speaking of writing perspective: Right now I am focusing on writing in Limited Third, but I am wondering if (though I am loathed to do so) I should switch to First Person. Maybe I'll write two versions. One one way, one the other. Or hell, I'll write several different versions and add in Second Person, and Omniscient.
Actually, I tend to usually write in Omniscient. Maybe I should just stick with what I know. It worked for Jane Austen. Not that I am anything like Jane Austen. I just like knowing what everyone is thinking. And it gives me the option to ramble, which thinking about it can be either good or bad. Truly, I seem to get most of my good stuff from the ramble. On the other side of that, I'm not too sure if others can follow my weird trains of thought.
Oh well. I'm writing it for me. As long as I can understand it, good. if I want to send it off when I'm done, I'll try and reel it in.
I also think I need to just write and just let it go and not worry about how much it sucks. I usually have to write for a bit to get my flow going. But once I get going, I am good to go for hours. So I might pump out a completely shit first chapter or two, and then the story finally takes on a life of it's own and levels off. Then, when I HAVE that groove, I can go back and redo the beginning.
For all I know, doing this might change the story completely. I might decide to change plot or focus on someone completely different or change my writing perspective entirely. It's kind of fun and aggrivating at the same time.
Speaking of writing perspective: Right now I am focusing on writing in Limited Third, but I am wondering if (though I am loathed to do so) I should switch to First Person. Maybe I'll write two versions. One one way, one the other. Or hell, I'll write several different versions and add in Second Person, and Omniscient.
Actually, I tend to usually write in Omniscient. Maybe I should just stick with what I know. It worked for Jane Austen. Not that I am anything like Jane Austen. I just like knowing what everyone is thinking. And it gives me the option to ramble, which thinking about it can be either good or bad. Truly, I seem to get most of my good stuff from the ramble. On the other side of that, I'm not too sure if others can follow my weird trains of thought.
Oh well. I'm writing it for me. As long as I can understand it, good. if I want to send it off when I'm done, I'll try and reel it in.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
The Chris Brown of Authors
The first crucial sentences in my Novel of Awesomeness:
"The problem with Miranda is that she’s not talking to me right now, so I have nothing to bloody write. This is typical as my creativity usually constipates itself behind simple and trivial ideas. WOO! YAY! Go me! Writers block – made worse by the ten o’ clock news."
Stupid news.
On that note, I learned that people protesting wasteful spending bought truck loads of tea bags to sit on the side of the street. That might not amuse you, whoever you are reading this --- but it amuses me.
That's not saying much though, because a lot amuses me. You're reading the blog of someone that has seen the movie Napoleon Dynamite over 50 times. And yes, I laugh at all the jokes like it's the first time I've seen it. I probably always will.
Anyway. Writers block; stalling my progress one road block at a time. Though to be honest, trying to write the first sentence of a book with the TV on (and with my attention span) is probably a mega-fail to begin with. Or maybe I am putting too much weight on the first sentence's shoulders. If it sucks in the long run, I can change it. Why stress the sentence out? What kind of shitty abusive wannabe author am I?
I'm the Chris Brown of authors.
"The problem with Miranda is that she’s not talking to me right now, so I have nothing to bloody write. This is typical as my creativity usually constipates itself behind simple and trivial ideas. WOO! YAY! Go me! Writers block – made worse by the ten o’ clock news."
Stupid news.
On that note, I learned that people protesting wasteful spending bought truck loads of tea bags to sit on the side of the street. That might not amuse you, whoever you are reading this --- but it amuses me.
That's not saying much though, because a lot amuses me. You're reading the blog of someone that has seen the movie Napoleon Dynamite over 50 times. And yes, I laugh at all the jokes like it's the first time I've seen it. I probably always will.
Anyway. Writers block; stalling my progress one road block at a time. Though to be honest, trying to write the first sentence of a book with the TV on (and with my attention span) is probably a mega-fail to begin with. Or maybe I am putting too much weight on the first sentence's shoulders. If it sucks in the long run, I can change it. Why stress the sentence out? What kind of shitty abusive wannabe author am I?
I'm the Chris Brown of authors.
The Problem With Susan
So, I'm supposed to be writing a book. Nothing major; just one of those things to do on my Bucket List. I don't have delusions of greatness. I don't expect to be the next JK Rowling. Just for fun. To see if I can actually do it. I like to think of myself as a creative person. I'm capable, but lazy... and those two things combined are a son of a bitch. I dabble in a lot of everything and have mastered nothing. I don't want to say I lose interest.. I just get interested in other things too.
I know. I suck. Complicated and all that.
The Problem With Miranda started a long time ago as an idea for a story I thought to write with my friend. We didn't write it. In fact, I never even mentioned the idea because I was having so much fun writing the entire story in my head. The problem with that is that now, years later? I can't remember it. So I'm starting from square one, with the basic idea in place, but none of the particulars planned out.
I should call it The Problem with Susan. In fact, that's the name of this post; the first of probably many in my writing journal.
And here begins the first of many To do lists I probably won't complete in a timely manner.
THE LIST
One: Brush up on my grammar. I know the basics. Too, to, two. Than/then. They're, their, there. I got that. Semicolons? What? When? Who? Look it up. I hate you semicolons. It's a new development. Considering I've used some already in this post, I can wager that their presense is probably wrong. I tried. We'll see how it goes.
Two: Name the main characters for fucks sake. You can at least do that much in the cloud of laziness you lounge in. It's not hard. Miranda, there's one. Good. Now a last name. It's not rocket science. Done.
Three: To outline, or not to outline. That is the question. Eh, I say screw it. Have a basic idea, but don't be scared to go off on a tangent. We're not writing for Queen Elizabeth. But just in case, maybe I'll throw in a Corgi in her honor. It will wear pearls. We'll name it Mum. Done.
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