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My thoughts on writing and other random things as they come up. |
| This is a blog where I keep my thoughts and daily comments about writing and WDC. |
| 25,013. I might write a little more today, I'm feeling compelled. And also a little freaked out. I'm half way through the book and drawing closer to the climax (planned for about 38-40k words). That doesn't seem like enough time for me to flesh out everything that needs to be fleshed out before then - but I'm determined to get the structure right this time. My goal this year is to finish a story in 50k words. Novel? Maybe not - but at least I will have the structure down, instead of a barely tacked together series of scenes that bare little relationship to each other. I want rising action. I want a solid narrative arc. Inciting incident, climax, turning points. All the things I resisted when I first started writing three years ago. Let's see what happens when I do it right. Words that used to terrify me now make me kind of happy. *LOL* Some days I feel like it's sagging, some days I feel like it's rocketing along too quickly. But I guess that is what second drafts are for ... Here's to the half way day. *cheers everyone on* And no matter where you are in your word count - remember one thing. Any words are better than no words. Even if it is just one word, you are ahead of where you were before. Plod on - one finger, one character, one word at a time. WRITE ON! |
I've spent the last several weeks with one mantra echoing around in my skull. "Not particularly creative." Out of all the things I could have zeroed in on, among a multitude of positives, the one pretty heavy negative seems to be following me around like a caboose. And it's bringing down the train. Maybe because in my secret heart of hearts, I feel like this is true. I'm not particularly creative when it comes to writing. I'm average with my ideas, on a good day. But - I am wondering if creativity can be cultivated or taught. I always thought it went hand in hand with things like talent and luck. Creative = Talent + Unique/original idea+ vision + cool + meaning + persistence I keep hearing and reading that people constantly doubt their own talent or creativity. But I keep having this feeling, that in my case, at least, it's probably true. I'm not really looking for cheerleaders here, just honest answers. Do you think creativity, at least when it comes to writing - can be cultivated, or taught? |
My husband, the devoted hunter, gets a little crazy around hunting season. For instance, when I leaned to kiss him goodbye, he stepped away and said, "Please don't get your womanliness all over me!" I had to laugh. I'm not a scented lotion/perfume kind of woman. That just made it funnier! Oh what a difference 25 years make! *LOL*. An hour later, as I was getting ready for work, I was drinking coffee and looking out our picture window. My husband was freezing in the dark in a tree start about 20 miles away. Some how that made the warm coffee in my hand even nicer. I saw the deer when the dog started barking. A whole passel of them. Five angry does, and one very busy buck. The little bitty buck was chasing one of them around in circles, then another. It was an exercise in futility. The rest of them stood around and watched, I could almost hear the dialogue. "Run Mabel! Don't let him catch you." It looked like a comedic stage production. My husband didn't see any deer this morning. Probably because they were busy cavorting in my yard. There ought to be a story in there somewhere! C |
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