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Printed from https://www.writing.com/main/profile/blog/tanith49/day/9-10-2020
by Tanith
Rated: E · Book · Writing.Com · #2135844
With coffee and writing implements at hand, I can determine the shape of today.
I tend to write in the morning. After morning coffee and writing comes whatever the day holds...work, more writing, family time, reading, maybe even some gaming. It just depends...but writing first, always. And once I start writing, I get an idea not only of what I'm writing about, but how the rest of my day will go. Hence, the shape of today.
September 10, 2020 at 3:33pm
September 10, 2020 at 3:33pm
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Since I threw myself into last year's NaNoWriMo with very little preparation, I wanted to do better this year. I've chosen my partly formed "time travel" story as my project this year, and begun piecing it together in Scrivener. There are some rather significant holes in my storyline and as "pantsing" didn't seem to work out so well I want to resolve those. It's tricky, because time travel is a tricky subject.

Shattered Echoes was inspired by sai King's 11/22/63, I admit. But King sent his protagonist back in time to avert a major tragedy, and mine is trying to prevent a much smaller one. The character she is trying to save looms not nearly as large on the world stage, because in my imaginary timeline he died young. My protagonist feels she has a good chance of success...but I'm thinking things might not turn out quite as planned for her.

Just what does happen when you tweak a small thread in the tapestry of time? That's something I'll have to get a clearer fix on before November, along with period research, character sheets, and the nature of time travel. Plus, how the writers of yore plied their trade in whatever era this story spins out in. Lots to do, but I'm getting excited about it.


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