More Inspiration

The word count is looking healthier today despite a stumbling block last night that had me wondering where the hell I was going with this story. I have to give a shout out to Aaron Polson and Cate Gardner for their inspirational posts each day that have given me numerous ideas and have helped when I’ve been stuck. So all you NaNo writers out there who may be stumbling blindly through your manuscript, head over to visit these guys and soak up the inspiration.

Day 11: 4,562 (Total: 27,729)

Areas of Inspiration

Sometimes I write at the dining table and sometimes I sit at a different chair. It’s amazing what moving around the house can do for inspiration. I admit I don’t do well staring at four walls when I write, hence the corkboards in my writing room. Downstairs is good too because I have a bookshelf on one wall and just looking up and seeing the spines of all those books is inspiration enough. Of course I must remember not to turn on the TV - evil little distraction that it is.

Day 10: 1,363 (Total: 23,167)

Pondering Characters

This morning over my breakfast I considered a different path my character might have taken had certain events in her childhood not shaped her path in life. It was interesting to ponder whether she’d have made the same decisions in relation to events occurring in the story or not, and I decided that on the whole, she probably would have because she’s a pretty steel minded character. That then answered another question I’d had about the direction of the story which set the ball rolling for the next sequence of events. Hopefully I’ll now be a bit more inspired tonight than I was last night.

Day 9: 1,246 (Total: 21,804)

Words & Rain

The rain was welcome on the weekend, but we need more of it. I had a lovely time writing on Saturday morning while the rain teemed down the windows. In fact, Saturday and Sunday mornings were my best writing days yet for NaNo. Everything flowed freely and there were no interruptions. Today is not so good though, and tonight probably won’t be much better, but all in all I’m having a great time with it. I’ve listed the last three days progress below as of course I don’t have internet at home, so let’s see if I can keep up the pace. Yesterday's progress was marred, temporarily, when I was stung by a bee (between my toes). I stood on the little sucker, who had somehow managed to get inside. Sweet Jesus, nothing stings like a beesting between the toes. The little bugger still kept going after he'd stung me so I hopped after him and finished him off with some Mortein.

For some great reading, head over to read Jameson T Caine’s A Cause for Celebration and also, Faith by Aaron Polson over at Every Day Fiction. Worth the trip, folks.

Day 6: 2,198 (Total: 13,929)
Day 7: 3,093 (Total: 17,022)
Day 8: 3,536 (Total: 20,558)

A Triple Header

Last night we had three storms in a row. I was upstairs, writing by lamplight when I heard the first rumblings of thunder in the distance. The wind began to pick up and as the first storm broke the lights flickered and rain battered the windows. I switched to a scene where my main character is battling her emotions and an enormous amount of guilt while a storm is raging outside. Suffice to say I got 3,000 words hammered out while also viewing a spectacular lightning show. And judging from the sky outside we might be in luck for another storm tonight.

Have a good weekend everyone.

Day 5: 3,162 (Total: 11,731)

Thursday

The writing went well last night. Words flowed and I'm getting more and more excited about this story. Nothing much else to report other than it's stinking hot here at the moment and the weather forecasters are talking severe storms tonight, so I hope they don't disappoint.

For some reading, head over to Nossa Morte to read Aaron Polson’s darkly intense short story Tesoro’s Magic Bullet. It’s worth the trip.

Day 4: 2,301 (Total: 8,569)

Notes Where Art Thou?

In reply to the comments that my desk is very neat, it appears that all is not what it seems. I made some notes the other day about the third scene and do you think I can find them. I’ve searched high and low and can’t find them. I have the basics in my head but you know how it is when you can’t get back exactly what you wrote...I need those notes, dammit. It just goes to show that I’m not as organised as one might think, and certainly not as organised as I might think.

Day 3: 1,720 (Total: 6,268)