credit: insatiablycurious.tumblr.comOutlining Towards Inspiration
It's hard for me to admit this, but I haven't touched my manuscript in about six months.
I've thought about it daily...I've begun new projects...Somehow I just didn't feel like writing. No...wait, that's not exactly true. I've felt like writing a million times. Would you understand if I told you that although I felt like writing, the desire to actually sit down and write was absent from my being? I can say that about a lot of things. I've been dealing with a lot of stressful crap in life and in my head. I'm working through that. While all this was going on I think my Muse saw and opportunity and went on vacation.
She's returned, sun-kissed and glowing, she's finding it difficult, but is slowly getting back into "work" mode.
Yesterday feeling very much like a looser and coming to terms with the fact I wasn't where I thought I'd be when I began writing this story; I decided I would never "arrive" if I didn't put on my big girl panties and pound the pavement so to speak. I printed out what I have so far, and read it all, then I decided that I really need to outline, and outline well. During my self imposed time off from this story, I've read a lot. I've learned a lot. I realize that there's something really special about this story, I just need to work really hard to pull it all together.
It's going to begin with a good oultline. I'm working on one now. It's going to be epic. The story-not the outline.
I think my problem is that I know where the story ended, but I was all over the place in getting it there. I can't say I still don't feel like I'm made from rubber and being pulled in a million different directions; but I'll bounce back and get on track.
I have a goal. I'm feeling rejuvenated and inspired.
I haven't been able to say that for a long time.
I also think I have a new title ( you can see a bit of it right there, off to the side in the photograph). "The Swan", was nice and wonderful, but this new title, is different and somewhat exotic.
Love & Outlining,
nicóle
Sigh.I've got some mind-funk going on. It's messing with my creativity.NaNoWriMo Days 23-28 Update
Thanksgiving weekend proved to be very busy which totally caught me by surprise because I didn't cook or have any extended family visiting. We just did a lot of things as a family and that had to take precedence over my writing especially since this is the last Thanksgiving where my husband will be home for a while. I am confident though that I can get to the fifty-thousand word count goal by tomorrow at Midnight.
It's in the bag!
NaNoWriMo Update -Days 19-21
I pulled an all nighter this weekend and managed to get some decent word counts! FINALLY! This month has flown by. Only eight more days remain and I have just under 11,000 words to write to reach the fifty-thousand word count mark. I would like to be somewhere around sixty-thousand when it's all said and done but I'm feeling very good at the moment!
I've got this!
NaNoWriMo Day 18 Update
This week has been a whirl wind week of writing. I'm nearly caught up to the suggest word count by NaNoWriMo of 31,667. Presently I've written 27,768 words. I can do this! My word count goal for today is 7,000 words. I figure that would put me over the suggested word count. I'm not going to be home at all today because the alarm system in our building is going to be tested today-all day. The near constant going off of the fire alarm is not something I think I can stand. I plan on taking my little guy out to play and hopefully I can manage some writing.
