So ... Yesterday I started writing again, this time in the extension part of chapter one of The Open Skies. Got to page 8 and stalled a little bit. Then I got distracted by the internets (tell me something new! You're boring. From Nikolai Kovalenko with love) and ... I joined NaNoWriMo. And ScriptFrenzy. Am I crazy? I think I am. I don't know why I would do such a thing. I mean, it only took me six months to get The Open Skies written up (with the first draft's word count just about 98,000 words, the second draft with upwards of 100,000 words ... And counting), so I can do it ... If I want to.
The problem is, I don't know if I'll want to by the time November 2010 comes around. And I don't know if I can even begin to write a script. I don't know how to do that! And I only have until April to learn! But maybe pushing myself is just what I need. I was pushed along with The Open Skies by a good friend of mine (You know who you are, and thank you! Lots of love from all of us here!), and that, I believe, is the only reason I kept writing. She stuck with me even when I went through a crazy-stalk-the-boy-who-looks-like-the-man-characters-stepbrother phase. And all the time, she pushed me to finish the story.
And she even continues to read as I change things around, add whole chapters into existing chapters, and kill off people we both love, resurrecting some of those others we would rather not see, ever again. And I love her so much for it. For putting up with my eccentricities and oddities. A true friend. <3 <3 <3 Though I doubt she'll ever read this, which is a shame.
Anyway. I've stopped writing for Vampires until I get the first extension done, no matter how hard Nikolai, James, Theo, Thea, Martha, and others not mentioned here try to get me write. And no matter what ideas pop into my head, even if they're so incredibly awesome that I just can't even fathom how I came up with them.
Until my resolve breaks, anyway. =x
So, the updates are as follows:
The problem is, I don't know if I'll want to by the time November 2010 comes around. And I don't know if I can even begin to write a script. I don't know how to do that! And I only have until April to learn! But maybe pushing myself is just what I need. I was pushed along with The Open Skies by a good friend of mine (You know who you are, and thank you! Lots of love from all of us here!), and that, I believe, is the only reason I kept writing. She stuck with me even when I went through a crazy-stalk-the-boy-who-looks-like-the-man-characters-stepbrother phase. And all the time, she pushed me to finish the story.
And she even continues to read as I change things around, add whole chapters into existing chapters, and kill off people we both love, resurrecting some of those others we would rather not see, ever again. And I love her so much for it. For putting up with my eccentricities and oddities. A true friend. <3 <3 <3 Though I doubt she'll ever read this, which is a shame.
Anyway. I've stopped writing for Vampires until I get the first extension done, no matter how hard Nikolai, James, Theo, Thea, Martha, and others not mentioned here try to get me write. And no matter what ideas pop into my head, even if they're so incredibly awesome that I just can't even fathom how I came up with them.
Until my resolve breaks, anyway. =x
So, the updates are as follows:
The Open Skies is being re-written. The first extension period in the story is being added to give character depth and a sense of false security for the main character, Sen Kawahara, as well as provide the first major conflict.
The Blanket Of Darkness is still in it's idea phase. Considering writing this for NaNoWriMo.
Alliance For Humanity is the same place.
Vampires is currently not being written in, in order to keep the two different writing styles differentiated. However, character backstories may or may not start appearing.
The next entry, coming sometime tomorrow - maybe if I'm not drained from my first day of my second semester - will be the ideas behind the stories and maybe a little summary. If I feel like it.
I'm TekTeking my characters to the best of my ability so you have an idea of what they look like, but don't expect magic. They aren't amazing like they say they are, and wings are a pain in the butt to TekTek. And Nikolai is so incredibly boring that he'll probably fade right into the background, like I did today.
