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writercisesOriginal Posting 15 Nov 2010
Aha. No matter how you look at it, Nov. 15 is about halfway through nanowrimo (30 days in November, although it does get a bit busy towards the end, what with Thanksgiving and such, so front-loading your nanowrimo wordmill is a good idea if you can). That could be half-full, got a pile of words already in, so just need to finish filling the cup, or maybe half-empty, there's still that many to go in just 15 days? But the good news is that more than likely you're getting into the rhythm, setting up habits that keep you at it on a regular basis, and starting to cruise with the muse? or however you like to put it. So, 15 days in, and 15 to go. YEAH FOR US! What's that line? We've come so far already, but we've got so far still to go? Go, go, go!
Okay, for anyone who is looking for it, the old nano notes over here http://community.livejournal.com/writercises/144669.html chit-chats about the notion of making sure you are seasoning your writing for your audience, using ARCS as one way to keep their eyes open. ARCS? Attention -- get their attention! Flashy stuff, firewords, excitement, and all that kind of odd stuff. Relevance? Make sure that people can relate, they they have some chance to see a little of themselves in there. Confidence comes when we understand what the story is about, even as it swerves and surprises us. Make the audience confident that they are following, that they can get into the head of your character, and aren't being frustrated by confusion and misleading stuff. And last but not least, satisfaction. This is usually the payoffs, especially the emotional satisfactions. Heck, seeing the bad guys get tromped and virtue rewarded makes us feel good!
'saright? Cheers for coming this far, and let's get back to grinding out the words to get to the end of the month (or as long as you want to past that! Heck, why stop just then?). Just remember that old writing song, 999 words on the page, 999 words, I put one down, I added a comma, 1000 words on the page! Next verse, like the first! Come on, sing along, and bang out, compose, create, dash off, draft, inscribe, jot, knock out, note, pen, record, rewrite, scrawl, scribble, set down, tell, type, and all that stuff. In other words?
WRITE!
Aha. No matter how you look at it, Nov. 15 is about halfway through nanowrimo (30 days in November, although it does get a bit busy towards the end, what with Thanksgiving and such, so front-loading your nanowrimo wordmill is a good idea if you can). That could be half-full, got a pile of words already in, so just need to finish filling the cup, or maybe half-empty, there's still that many to go in just 15 days? But the good news is that more than likely you're getting into the rhythm, setting up habits that keep you at it on a regular basis, and starting to cruise with the muse? or however you like to put it. So, 15 days in, and 15 to go. YEAH FOR US! What's that line? We've come so far already, but we've got so far still to go? Go, go, go!
Okay, for anyone who is looking for it, the old nano notes over here http://community.livejournal.com/writercises/144669.html chit-chats about the notion of making sure you are seasoning your writing for your audience, using ARCS as one way to keep their eyes open. ARCS? Attention -- get their attention! Flashy stuff, firewords, excitement, and all that kind of odd stuff. Relevance? Make sure that people can relate, they they have some chance to see a little of themselves in there. Confidence comes when we understand what the story is about, even as it swerves and surprises us. Make the audience confident that they are following, that they can get into the head of your character, and aren't being frustrated by confusion and misleading stuff. And last but not least, satisfaction. This is usually the payoffs, especially the emotional satisfactions. Heck, seeing the bad guys get tromped and virtue rewarded makes us feel good!
'saright? Cheers for coming this far, and let's get back to grinding out the words to get to the end of the month (or as long as you want to past that! Heck, why stop just then?). Just remember that old writing song, 999 words on the page, 999 words, I put one down, I added a comma, 1000 words on the page! Next verse, like the first! Come on, sing along, and bang out, compose, create, dash off, draft, inscribe, jot, knock out, note, pen, record, rewrite, scrawl, scribble, set down, tell, type, and all that stuff. In other words?
WRITE!
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