holdouttrout

I'm still doing okay with NaNo. I have over 32K words, which means I am still averaging 2K/day, which is my goal. I am starting a new section of the blasted thing today, which means new characters, new setting, and trying to remember which things I've already named. It's exhausting, this novel business.

I feel better about this year, mostly because I am 1) not sick 2) not traveling 3) feel like I've possibly learned something about writing from last year. I feel like the characters are more solid, and while the setting is suffering, the plot-ish-type-thing seems to be doing okay, except for yesterday, but that was special. One of the things that amazes me when writing original fiction is the sheer amount of characters involved. You have a protagonist or two, allies, bad guys, extras, etc...and it gets exhausting trying to create them all. I think perhaps I'm more cut out for short stories, where I can pare down the cast a bit. Right now, character seem to come from nowhere and then disappear after I'm done with them.

Setting is also proving to be one of the things I sacrifice to just. keep. moving. forward. Or I end up spending too much time describing things because I get stuck on plot.

In other words: WRITING IS HARD. Can I write fanfic now, please?

To the people who said they hate me because of my NaNo word count: Remember that last year I came withing 5,000 words of the goal...and STILL LOST. Don't give up at the end of the month.

I went and saw Quantum of Solace on Saturday for P's birthday, and...I liked it. There were explosions! The plot was predictably thin! People died! What's not to love?

Last night I got to hang with KR and M, and we watched Alias, including the Superbowl/Takedown episode (Phase One) and the German S&M Sex Club episode, which we primarily watched for the music. We're quite pathetic, but we had lots of fun, especially since it was like seeing old friends for the first time in a while--all the actors we first met there. Also we did some lesbian fangirling of Jennifer Garner.