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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. |
| While ambling around at work with a cartful of books to be shelved this week, I was ambushed by my inner writer. She reminded me of the "Atlantis Project" (which I had half-forgotten), and said that would be an excellent project for NaNoWriMo. And it probably would, once I have more than the barest-of-bones idea that I have now (in my story Atlantis is real, mysterious, and unconquerable). Judging by what I see at work, a series based on this idea would be a hit with the YA crowd, who are voracious and deadly serious readers. Of course, my inner killjoy got into the act immediately, arguing that I'd already begun fleshing out one NaNoWriMo project, to start another now was putting too much on my plate. But I'm thinking I might just table Shattered Echoes for this year and go with the Atlantis project. After all, it won't go anywhere and I'll have something to build on for next year's project. Truth be told, I'm not comfortable starting that one yet until I finish those holes I mentioned in the last post. So. Time to get brainstorming. |
| 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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