Hey everyone!
I'm having a lot of trouble finding inspiration to write. This whole large-scale writing project is really new to me. I have a few really good ideas, but once those ideas were exhausted I'm kind of out of luck. My story isn't built in such a way that adventures can be free-formed. I'm really far behind; I'm not even at 25K yet. Bleh. Bleh bleh bleh bleh bleh. And that's how I feel about that.
Well, for now, I'll keep writing. I'm almost certainly not going to have 50K words at the end, unless I can get a really good arc written up. I will definitely do this next year, so I'll keep the lessons I learned from this one and apply them to the next project. Anyways, sorry to get your hopes up. We'll see what happens. Goodnight!
Wednesday, November 17
Saturday, November 13
New Developments Every Day!
Hey Everyone!
Hope you're all having a wonderful November. I've been doing all right. The weather has been pleasant, and I've come up with some new plot hooks. And wow, they're crazy!
You see, I came up with these five sorcerers that used a special language in the past to perform magic. However, they tapped into an incredibly dark power, and it corrupted them. Four of them became hyped up on one of the four humors (Melancholy, Bile, Blood, and Phlegm). Because of this, they became more and more evil. Only one of the siblings was unaffected. He felt very guilty about what they were doing. Thus, he cast an incredibly powerful spell, locking his four siblings into magical tablets. He gave them control over the magic of the world they had so greatly desired, but they could only use it at the behest of another. Then, to keep people from going the same way as his family, he changed the language so that it could only be used as a form of magic through the gods. (With me so far?) In the story, when the tablets break, the spirit of the old Sorcerer escapes and enters the person who broke it. So, at the end of the story, the four evil sorcerers will have escaped, and only the main characters can stop them. Yay antagonists!
Anyway, work is slow. I'm at the point where my plot points are stalling, so I'm jumping back and forth between different scenes. Eventually, I'll have to tie them all together. I'm a little behind, too. At the end of the night I'll be lucky to be at 20K. Gotta go, more writing needs to be done. Goodnight, and good luck.
Hope you're all having a wonderful November. I've been doing all right. The weather has been pleasant, and I've come up with some new plot hooks. And wow, they're crazy!
You see, I came up with these five sorcerers that used a special language in the past to perform magic. However, they tapped into an incredibly dark power, and it corrupted them. Four of them became hyped up on one of the four humors (Melancholy, Bile, Blood, and Phlegm). Because of this, they became more and more evil. Only one of the siblings was unaffected. He felt very guilty about what they were doing. Thus, he cast an incredibly powerful spell, locking his four siblings into magical tablets. He gave them control over the magic of the world they had so greatly desired, but they could only use it at the behest of another. Then, to keep people from going the same way as his family, he changed the language so that it could only be used as a form of magic through the gods. (With me so far?) In the story, when the tablets break, the spirit of the old Sorcerer escapes and enters the person who broke it. So, at the end of the story, the four evil sorcerers will have escaped, and only the main characters can stop them. Yay antagonists!
Anyway, work is slow. I'm at the point where my plot points are stalling, so I'm jumping back and forth between different scenes. Eventually, I'll have to tie them all together. I'm a little behind, too. At the end of the night I'll be lucky to be at 20K. Gotta go, more writing needs to be done. Goodnight, and good luck.
Tuesday, November 9
Day 9 of NaNoWriMo
Hey everyone. Sorry I didn't post on Saturday. My laptop caught an acute case of Antivirus Action (a fake antivirus software that basically shuts down everything) this weekend. That means I am a little behind right now. I need to get to 15K today and I'm at 14K as of posting, so I've got my work cut out for me.
Story's still coming along though, although it kinda sucks. Even if I do catch up, I may not even make 50K at the end. The plot isn't as strong as it should be, although I just ranked up in epic thanks to a random development I just created. It totally rationalizes the existence of the "gods" of Elseworld and also is an awesome spur for the plot.
Oh, and another thing. I'm considering changing the title. The Lost Text is kind of a minor part of the story, so I'm thinking of calling it Elseworld now. Although, there are another set of Texts that were technically Lost, so I suppose the title has a cool double meaning... eh, I don't know. What do you guys think?
Anyways, that's about all. I'm thinking about doing an explanation of the system of magic I have in my universe next week. Stay tuned.
Story's still coming along though, although it kinda sucks. Even if I do catch up, I may not even make 50K at the end. The plot isn't as strong as it should be, although I just ranked up in epic thanks to a random development I just created. It totally rationalizes the existence of the "gods" of Elseworld and also is an awesome spur for the plot.
Oh, and another thing. I'm considering changing the title. The Lost Text is kind of a minor part of the story, so I'm thinking of calling it Elseworld now. Although, there are another set of Texts that were technically Lost, so I suppose the title has a cool double meaning... eh, I don't know. What do you guys think?
Anyways, that's about all. I'm thinking about doing an explanation of the system of magic I have in my universe next week. Stay tuned.
Wednesday, November 3
First Post in November!
Herro Every-nyan! How are you? Fine, shank you. "OH MY GAH!"
(Now that I'm done being a baka-- I mean idiot...)
Welcome to NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month! As of Monday, November 1st, it has begun. And by it I mean NaNoWriMo. By it I also mean my novel, The Lost Text. So I suppose I meant they have begun.
Anyhoo, I bet you're excited to hear how I've been doing. Considering this is probably the latest I've ever posted, I bet you're really excited. As of today, I have written 5009 words. That's just over 10% in three days. Which is pretty much exactly where I need to be.
I've realized two things starting this journey: 1) I've added a lot of stuff just improvving it, and 2) It's really hard to write 1667 words unless you're really inspired.
Proof that improv is awesome: Grace played tic-tac-toe. That's right. Tic-tac-toe played a semi-important part in my story. (It's a method of interacting with someone without the benefit of language.)
The story is progressing fairly smoothly. I've got one character's story pretty much done, although I may come back to him. He's too important to pass up. I've started to feel the onset of writer's block. Nothing's more annoying than "Okay, she's right outside of the village. Now what?" I've sat for HOURS (okay, it was probably minutes) trying to decide what to happen next.
I think my writing style is really puerile. It's rather simple, especially when I don't know what's going on. I don't know if that will improve with editing, but for know it sounds a little basic. Ah well, we can't all be Dan Brown. (Hey, at least I'm not claiming something's true when it's totally made up. ZING!)
All in all, it's coming. I've got great quotes in my story. I've quoted Alexander Pope and the Bible so far. I think I'm gonna do Star Wars next; specifically, "'No, that's not true! That's impossible!' 'Search your feelings, you know it to be true.'" (That chapter will be about a physics student who discovers how to wield magic.) It should be great.
Keep in touch. I'll update on Saturday! Sayonara! (Dang it, this is the last time I update right after Anime Club...)
(Now that I'm done being a baka-- I mean idiot...)
Welcome to NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month! As of Monday, November 1st, it has begun. And by it I mean NaNoWriMo. By it I also mean my novel, The Lost Text. So I suppose I meant they have begun.
Anyhoo, I bet you're excited to hear how I've been doing. Considering this is probably the latest I've ever posted, I bet you're really excited. As of today, I have written 5009 words. That's just over 10% in three days. Which is pretty much exactly where I need to be.
I've realized two things starting this journey: 1) I've added a lot of stuff just improvving it, and 2) It's really hard to write 1667 words unless you're really inspired.
Proof that improv is awesome: Grace played tic-tac-toe. That's right. Tic-tac-toe played a semi-important part in my story. (It's a method of interacting with someone without the benefit of language.)
The story is progressing fairly smoothly. I've got one character's story pretty much done, although I may come back to him. He's too important to pass up. I've started to feel the onset of writer's block. Nothing's more annoying than "Okay, she's right outside of the village. Now what?" I've sat for HOURS (okay, it was probably minutes) trying to decide what to happen next.
I think my writing style is really puerile. It's rather simple, especially when I don't know what's going on. I don't know if that will improve with editing, but for know it sounds a little basic. Ah well, we can't all be Dan Brown. (Hey, at least I'm not claiming something's true when it's totally made up. ZING!)
All in all, it's coming. I've got great quotes in my story. I've quoted Alexander Pope and the Bible so far. I think I'm gonna do Star Wars next; specifically, "'No, that's not true! That's impossible!' 'Search your feelings, you know it to be true.'" (That chapter will be about a physics student who discovers how to wield magic.) It should be great.
Keep in touch. I'll update on Saturday! Sayonara! (Dang it, this is the last time I update right after Anime Club...)
Saturday, October 30
Last Post!
Hey everyone!
Monday is the big day! I'll be able to start writing then. That means Wednesday will be the first post with my word count total. For all of those who are wondering, I have to write on average 1667 words a day. That's okay because, on an inspired day, I can probably write about 1700 words an hour. Which means I only need about an hour a day to get this written.
Here's a review as prep for Monday. My story is called The Lost Text, and it will be a fascinating fantasy story that reaches from a simple college in America to the very depth of the entire multiverse. It has multiple worlds and a completely made-up language. It's got allusions and references and all sorts of awesomeness. And, in a new stroke of inspiration, it will have multiple viewpoints. Hopefully this will be no less than epic.
See you all on Wednesday, and keep rooting for me!
Monday is the big day! I'll be able to start writing then. That means Wednesday will be the first post with my word count total. For all of those who are wondering, I have to write on average 1667 words a day. That's okay because, on an inspired day, I can probably write about 1700 words an hour. Which means I only need about an hour a day to get this written.
Here's a review as prep for Monday. My story is called The Lost Text, and it will be a fascinating fantasy story that reaches from a simple college in America to the very depth of the entire multiverse. It has multiple worlds and a completely made-up language. It's got allusions and references and all sorts of awesomeness. And, in a new stroke of inspiration, it will have multiple viewpoints. Hopefully this will be no less than epic.
See you all on Wednesday, and keep rooting for me!
Wednesday, October 27
Yay for Progress!
ANDREW got PLOT DEVICE!
In my brainstorming session (read: random thoughts throughout the day) I realized how I can structure the story. I mentioned the story has Yggdrasil, right? Well, in a sense, Yggdrasil is going to be the "antagonist". Really, it's got two problems: 1) It's kind of falling apart, and 2) it has a defense system to prevent being attacked. You know, the whole Gotterdammerung thing. So when the good guys try to fix the problem, the tree will try to stop them; not because what they're doing is wrong, but because it perceives them as a threat to its existence. So, essentially, they have to fight the Yggdrasil. That's pretty epic, is it not?
I've also got a way to pad the story a little. You see, in a nutshell, Elseworld was once a part of Earth, but it drifted off into a parallel dimension (part of that Yggdrasil thing). If the heroes can't find a way to heal the Yggdrasil, the entire planet will disintegrate into all these different dimensions, some of which are less-than-healthy. So, if I need a few more words, I can just add another island. Trustmethisisagreatplan!
I REALLY hope this story will work. I don't think it's going to be the next Lord of the Rings, but I think I can make it to 50K. It all depends on how well I can flesh out the plot. There's a lot of the story where I just don't see anything happening. Actually, now that I think about it, it might be kind of Dune-like, in that it will detail one character's development from mild-mannered genius to the savior of the human race. That makes sense, right? Hopefully ideas will just spring up.
Oh, here's some way you can help. I want to introduce a seed from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. I have a method right now, but it's a little late in the story. I don't think the Elseworlders have it, and I would be hesitant to say that anyone on Earth has it. Right now it's in Eden itself, but again, it's a little late for my tastes. I kind of want the characters tempted to use it time and again, and that requires a little more setup. If you've got any ideas, send them my way. I might find a way to incorporate them into the plot. Who knows?
Welp, that's about all I've got to say this time. November 1st is comin' up quick. Stay tuned.
In my brainstorming session (read: random thoughts throughout the day) I realized how I can structure the story. I mentioned the story has Yggdrasil, right? Well, in a sense, Yggdrasil is going to be the "antagonist". Really, it's got two problems: 1) It's kind of falling apart, and 2) it has a defense system to prevent being attacked. You know, the whole Gotterdammerung thing. So when the good guys try to fix the problem, the tree will try to stop them; not because what they're doing is wrong, but because it perceives them as a threat to its existence. So, essentially, they have to fight the Yggdrasil. That's pretty epic, is it not?
I've also got a way to pad the story a little. You see, in a nutshell, Elseworld was once a part of Earth, but it drifted off into a parallel dimension (part of that Yggdrasil thing). If the heroes can't find a way to heal the Yggdrasil, the entire planet will disintegrate into all these different dimensions, some of which are less-than-healthy. So, if I need a few more words, I can just add another island. Trustmethisisagreatplan!
I REALLY hope this story will work. I don't think it's going to be the next Lord of the Rings, but I think I can make it to 50K. It all depends on how well I can flesh out the plot. There's a lot of the story where I just don't see anything happening. Actually, now that I think about it, it might be kind of Dune-like, in that it will detail one character's development from mild-mannered genius to the savior of the human race. That makes sense, right? Hopefully ideas will just spring up.
Oh, here's some way you can help. I want to introduce a seed from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. I have a method right now, but it's a little late in the story. I don't think the Elseworlders have it, and I would be hesitant to say that anyone on Earth has it. Right now it's in Eden itself, but again, it's a little late for my tastes. I kind of want the characters tempted to use it time and again, and that requires a little more setup. If you've got any ideas, send them my way. I might find a way to incorporate them into the plot. Who knows?
Welp, that's about all I've got to say this time. November 1st is comin' up quick. Stay tuned.
Saturday, October 23
No update today
Hahaha... working.
No, I have nothing new as of today. 9 days or so until the big day! See you then.
No, I have nothing new as of today. 9 days or so until the big day! See you then.
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