Friday, August 19, 2011

Need. Help. (Or just drop the idea altogether?)

It seems apropos that while I'm trying to figure out how the hell to write something longer than 100 to 5,000 words, Chuck Wendig over at terribleminds put together a post on creating a novel. Unfortunately, I'm stuck between numbers one and two...and it goes all the way to 25. Gulp.
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  1. JesseAugust 20, 2011 at 6:51 AM

    So, are you needing help to get to word 3?
    Or, are you writing a novel and need help?
    Or, am I not being literal enough, and you are like the dust commercial with the guy stuck between K & J, except you are stuck between the numeral keys of 1 and 2?

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  2. AngieAugust 20, 2011 at 9:26 AM

    I'm the dust.

    (Great visual.)

    I need help developing the novel to a place where I can actually write something. I have a vague idea of a woman who unravels. I want to explore the idea of unraveling and the freedom that comes with that. And that's as far as I've gotten. Every time I sit down to write, everything escapes me. So maybe I'm overthinking things?

    My short stories pop out as a few opening sentences and the characters develop and BOOM, it's done.

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  3. JesseAugust 20, 2011 at 11:46 AM

    What about doing one of those writing thingies:
    Start with the beginning, or
    start with the middle, or
    start with the end.

    And, as far as a novel goes, don't hold to fast to what you think it is now being what it will be later ;-)

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