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Day 3

5 December, 2011 Leave a comment Go to comments

So, as my lack of post has left you to see, NaNoWriMo was a total failure for me.   I can only hope most of the thousand of people that sign up for the program were able to finish their novels, or at least be closer to their end.  Unfortunately for me, life got in the way big time, and my one source of free time also changed and I just didn’t have the time to do it.   Is it an excuse?  Of course, I could have, should have written more than 2 miserable chapters.

I was asked last week

“What do you hate about writing?”   And my answer was:
The time it takes to clarify an idea you have.   For example, I can see the whole scene in my head, and I can explain it to myself in just a few sentences, but then I have to remind myself that if someone is actually going to read this, I need to be very specific in the scene.   So it takes way more time that you think, and then life gets in the way .   Also, to not be repetitive, and to be aware of that.
Ever since I finish Chapter 2, I know exactly what I want to say in Chapter 3, in fact I wrote down the following sentence, that is going to segue me into what I wanted to say:

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After I catch my cab to The Majestic, I still have the bad taste of the date in my mind.  It has just been a few bad months since my last relationship.

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Which I know what it is.   Is the point of view of Michael and a better understanding of how exactly he met Jane.

What’s going to happen to this blog from now on? well, I can’t promise an update per day, certainly not a chapter.   But I’ll try to be better than I was in November.   After all, this is my corner of the internet now.   Let’s see how much I can grow from here.

 

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  1. earyles's avatar
    earyles
    5 December, 2011 at 8:34 PM
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    YES keep writing! A dear professor of mine once told me that she didn’t really subscribe to the “you must write every day” mantra. Sometimes the words drift away, but they always come back.

    PS –That’s a pretty awesome question you answered up there.

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