tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261740.post113025285182935417..comments2024-01-31T03:00:44.846-06:00Comments on Confessions of a Would-Be Writer: Too Many ChoicesLynn Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13444488890483608914noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261740.post-1130341319459811932005-10-26T10:41:00.000-05:002005-10-26T10:41:00.000-05:00Yeah, Steph, I'm with you on just continuing somet...Yeah, Steph, I'm with you on just continuing something you've got a tiny start on. Most of my ideas have at least a chapter or a scene already written. I'm going to cheat those and pretend they don't exist. I will write 50,000 new words, but I may add those to a couple thousand that already exist.<BR/><BR/>Because if I start on something brand, spankin' new, chances are I don't have a full grasp on characters and settings and story arc. Which means I'd start writing then come full stop and become distracted by these unknowns. If I want to get 50K done, I need to work on something with a lot of the background work already finished.<BR/><BR/>Honestly, since the only reward for this entire endeavor is personal satisfaction and hopefully a completed manuscript, I think bending the rules slightly to suit individual needs is reasonable.Lynn Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13444488890483608914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10261740.post-1130304184976267132005-10-26T00:23:00.000-05:002005-10-26T00:23:00.000-05:00I think, for Nano, they don't care if you plot out...I think, for Nano, they don't care if you plot out (shudders at the thought) your book ahead of time - maybe that will help get you through one of those books.<BR/><BR/>I can't decide what I want to work on either - but I think I'm going to try and finish the book I started a couple of weeks ago. I'm at 28K now - it needs to be 75K and I'm going to work on it for the rest of the week too. But don't tell the NaNo people...I can't start something from scratch - because, like you, I've got way too many to choose from and they're all too tempting.<BR/><BR/>And then there's the matter of the 90K single title I'm in the process of revising too. *sighs*Stephanie Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124223510740863199noreply@blogger.com