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mbarker.livejournal.comOriginal posting Nov. 4, 2010
Whoops, snuck that extra bit in about putting a dragon in your imagination (or something like that) and forgot to reflect on the old nano notes from day 3.
Let's see, what were they now? Actually, what were they then? Here we go, over at http://community.livejournal.com/writercises/140933.html I rambled on about the fun of writing the parts that you can see, that come trippingly to the fingers or mental vision or however you gather your wordy delights. Pick out scenes that you are excited about, that you want to explore, that you want to write NOW -- and write them. Then add in some prequels and sequels and probably the sidequels here and there, and before you know it, pow! You've got a peacock of scenery ready for grooming.
Now, admittedly, in the heat of the nanowrimo drive for words, you probably have some disarray to deal with -- like having the wedding before the proposal, and other minor sequence and plotting issues such as that, but hey, that's what January is for, right? So for now, hit those scenes you can see, the highlights and low dives and other fun places for your characters to congregate and get in trouble. Later on, when you have time, you can delve into the alleyways and other hidden crevices that you need to dig into to get these scenes connected, foreshadowed, reactions properly tucked in, and all that.
Hopscotch, and skip the bogs.
And then there's the old adages from over here http://community.livejournal.com/writercises/141064.html to give different viewpoints a try. After all, we talk about using first person, third limited or perhaps third cinematic, a drop of omniscient, and such options. We also fiddle around with which viewpoint character to use. But for nanowrimo, go ahead and try them out. Write the scene in third limited. Then write it again in first person. What does it look like from the villain's point-of-view? Write it and see! Or how about from the dorky sidekick who never says very much? Drop us into that first person and see what happens!
Or you could even play around with some radical viewpoints. Second person? You really want to write a scene that way? You can do it! Or perhaps you just want to tell us how that fight scene felt to the sofa that everyone was crashing over? Ouch?
So, explore some of the options that we often skip. Give them a whirl. See the scenes from both sides now, and then maybe from another direction. Focus on the scenes that make you want to write them, the high points of your story. Make those words count up, and let the story flow (well, actually, since you're not worrying about order, I guess it's more like running randomly along, here, there, and over somewhere else, but at least the words will flow, right?).
Where were we before I got distracted? Oh, yes. High points and traveling points of view. I did it, he did it, they all done it, and then someone else saw it.
Write!
Whoops, snuck that extra bit in about putting a dragon in your imagination (or something like that) and forgot to reflect on the old nano notes from day 3.
Let's see, what were they now? Actually, what were they then? Here we go, over at http://community.livejournal.com/writercises/140933.html I rambled on about the fun of writing the parts that you can see, that come trippingly to the fingers or mental vision or however you gather your wordy delights. Pick out scenes that you are excited about, that you want to explore, that you want to write NOW -- and write them. Then add in some prequels and sequels and probably the sidequels here and there, and before you know it, pow! You've got a peacock of scenery ready for grooming.
Now, admittedly, in the heat of the nanowrimo drive for words, you probably have some disarray to deal with -- like having the wedding before the proposal, and other minor sequence and plotting issues such as that, but hey, that's what January is for, right? So for now, hit those scenes you can see, the highlights and low dives and other fun places for your characters to congregate and get in trouble. Later on, when you have time, you can delve into the alleyways and other hidden crevices that you need to dig into to get these scenes connected, foreshadowed, reactions properly tucked in, and all that.
Hopscotch, and skip the bogs.
And then there's the old adages from over here http://community.livejournal.com/writercises/141064.html to give different viewpoints a try. After all, we talk about using first person, third limited or perhaps third cinematic, a drop of omniscient, and such options. We also fiddle around with which viewpoint character to use. But for nanowrimo, go ahead and try them out. Write the scene in third limited. Then write it again in first person. What does it look like from the villain's point-of-view? Write it and see! Or how about from the dorky sidekick who never says very much? Drop us into that first person and see what happens!
Or you could even play around with some radical viewpoints. Second person? You really want to write a scene that way? You can do it! Or perhaps you just want to tell us how that fight scene felt to the sofa that everyone was crashing over? Ouch?
So, explore some of the options that we often skip. Give them a whirl. See the scenes from both sides now, and then maybe from another direction. Focus on the scenes that make you want to write them, the high points of your story. Make those words count up, and let the story flow (well, actually, since you're not worrying about order, I guess it's more like running randomly along, here, there, and over somewhere else, but at least the words will flow, right?).
Where were we before I got distracted? Oh, yes. High points and traveling points of view. I did it, he did it, they all done it, and then someone else saw it.
Write!
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