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Dept. of Cranial Cuisine
Things Eating My Head. Again.
I swear ....
I have a habit of letting things consume my brain, yo.
Sometimes they were necessary things; earlier this year, ensuring BB's continued health ate me up. I don't regret that.
Head-eating for health continued as I pursued COVID-19 vaccines for the two of us.
Next, our trip to Seattle, and all the preparation needed for that.
And of course, the fun of figuring out what health certificates we needed to get to and from Canada.
Each of those things took up at least 75 percent of my waking thoughts during the time needed to complete necessary goal-directed tasks. I more than occasionally muttered about each effort here.
And now, my friends, my brain is being eaten by NaNoWriMo prep.
I've taken advantage of two weeks of online workbooking offered at the NaNo site. A bit to my surprise - no, a whole frakkin' lot to my surprise - the first week's exercises have provided me (the person who usually starts with a sentence and nothing more) with an entire story idea. It's also provided me with two or three other story ideas that I may very well use for other stories in future. Not too damned shabby.
The second week's worth of workshopping exercises has allowed me to (or made me; not sure which) create much of my main character. It's also allowed me to world-build, although that is apparently an unanticipated side effect, since world-building comes later in the prep series. It's a five week prep course, and I panicked a bit, since I've come to this only a few days before the whole shebang starts ...
... and then I realized that I didn't have to obsessively go through the exercises week by week. I only need to do the exercises I think might help me. So I'm going to take a gander at whatever they might have in the way of outlining exercises, and I'm not going to worry about other stuff.
That, fearless reader. marks a metric shit ton of maturation on my part. Trust me on that.
I've also done two days of writing sprints with an online writing group, and I'm using that to work my speed up and get more done on my existing unfinished original story. I'm trying to work up to a habit of completing at least 1,000 words a day. If I can reach that goal,, well hell, I might actually get at least 2/3rds of the way to NaNo's 50,000 o\word finish line.
(Excuse me while I go laugh myself sick in the corner.)
But yes, head. Eaten. Again.
I swear ....
I have a habit of letting things consume my brain, yo.
Sometimes they were necessary things; earlier this year, ensuring BB's continued health ate me up. I don't regret that.
Head-eating for health continued as I pursued COVID-19 vaccines for the two of us.
Next, our trip to Seattle, and all the preparation needed for that.
And of course, the fun of figuring out what health certificates we needed to get to and from Canada.
Each of those things took up at least 75 percent of my waking thoughts during the time needed to complete necessary goal-directed tasks. I more than occasionally muttered about each effort here.
And now, my friends, my brain is being eaten by NaNoWriMo prep.
I've taken advantage of two weeks of online workbooking offered at the NaNo site. A bit to my surprise - no, a whole frakkin' lot to my surprise - the first week's exercises have provided me (the person who usually starts with a sentence and nothing more) with an entire story idea. It's also provided me with two or three other story ideas that I may very well use for other stories in future. Not too damned shabby.
The second week's worth of workshopping exercises has allowed me to (or made me; not sure which) create much of my main character. It's also allowed me to world-build, although that is apparently an unanticipated side effect, since world-building comes later in the prep series. It's a five week prep course, and I panicked a bit, since I've come to this only a few days before the whole shebang starts ...
... and then I realized that I didn't have to obsessively go through the exercises week by week. I only need to do the exercises I think might help me. So I'm going to take a gander at whatever they might have in the way of outlining exercises, and I'm not going to worry about other stuff.
That, fearless reader. marks a metric shit ton of maturation on my part. Trust me on that.
I've also done two days of writing sprints with an online writing group, and I'm using that to work my speed up and get more done on my existing unfinished original story. I'm trying to work up to a habit of completing at least 1,000 words a day. If I can reach that goal,, well hell, I might actually get at least 2/3rds of the way to NaNo's 50,000 o\word finish line.
(Excuse me while I go laugh myself sick in the corner.)
But yes, head. Eaten. Again.
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And it sounds like the bit you have done has been really helpful
Yeah, that really surprised me, in a good way. As I too often say, in my tiresome way, I have almost never started a piece with anything other than one sentence that jumps into my head. Finding a way to create even the most rudimentary plot work has been extremely helpful. I'm hoping it will guide me through those 30 days. Heh.
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I am again reminded, as I am, inconveniently, at times, that I need to get better at writing, or stew in a lazy brew of jealousy and inadequacy.
This made me laugh. I have been working on a fic for... I'm not even sure how long. It has been SPECTACULARLY uncooperative. But, bit by bit, I am beating it into submission/working out how to make it Not Suck.
Here's to us!
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*snrk* That is the great [writing] challenge of our time.
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This series, the official name is 'Not the Last':
https://archiveofourown.org/series/21843
Summary: The Master and Lucy had a son, Alexander Saxon (aka the Seeker), during The Year That Wasn't. These are the stories of his life. (Setting: Wildly AU post-’Sound of Drums’.)
Started as a 500 word one-shot back in 2007. And now... *hands*
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Anyway, Alex is currently being a pain. Have you read 'Dating'? The current fic basically spinning off from the end of that (ish).
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Although I have edited it (the edits will be VERY easy to spot, and you will laugh, but omfg I found the PERFECT metaphor(s) and I wasn't about to let them go). Mind you, the current story has taken so long already that I despair. But if I know someone is going to be reading, that will spur me on. It's November after all, even if I'm not doing anything ~official~ I could still try to let it motivate me. Basically this one (and others I am pondering) will be filling in the blanks of his first regeneration, which so far is exceedingly non-descript.
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Isn't it lovely that one of the fruits of aging is a little bit of wisdom?
May your writing be full o' flow.
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And thanks; I'm hoping it will be!
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*HUGS*
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