no na no ~

[lookingland]

just me blithering here ~ i keep saying i am not NaNoing, and yet i filled out my profile over there and i am writing (a wee over 4k this morn), so i am not sure how long this denial will continue. i picked as the subject, what ought to be a novella called After Shiloh, which is one of those stories that's not really critical in the scheme of all things (or maybe it is, who knows anymore), but i thought it would be interesting to tell. i also think it will give me an opportunity to explores certain aspects of James's personality that i tend to forget about ~ particularly regarding his post-operative mood swings.

there's also a ton of detail work i have never really figgered out on this one, like what's James doing at Shiloh in the first place? dunno if i can answer that, but this exercise will give me a chance to explore.



beautiful image of the cemetery at the Shiloh battlefield
from the gallery of Richard
congrats on the kick-off to all of you who are actually Nano-ing!

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Comments

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

all true (oh the sweet joy of justification!). thanks for the well-wishes. i figger if this results in some fun scenework at least, it's all worth while. last year's NaNo was mostly a dreadful wash, but looking back at my draft for Figfield there were a few things in there worth keeping or building on, i s'pose.

how's your novel coming along?

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[cathellisen.livejournal.com]

I'm sick so i got no sleep, which means I thought about my novel a whole lot, so it was good for something.

Alas, i just got home, and now I have a friend on her way to visit, so no writing today. I knew it would be so, that's why i wrote 3700 yesterday.

I think looking it as playing with scenes is also a cool idea. I mean, it's one month of brainstorming, basically, which is cool.

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

well 3700 is ahead of the game, and i think you need regular day breaks to take the pressure off, so i hope you have fun for your non-writing evening!

i've definitely always approached NaNo from a scene perspective rather than a contiguous draft perspective. it's a lot easier to jump all over the map than write in chronological order ~ for me, at least.

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[cathellisen.livejournal.com]

i've definitely always approached NaNo from a scene perspective rather than a contiguous draft perspective. it's a lot easier to jump all over the map than write in chronological order

Also good for when you get stuck.

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

absolutely ~ ! it's easier to do fill-ins and short transitions sometimes after you've gotten all the big pieces in place.