I think that sums up my state of mind better than the old Beckett "I can't go on I'll go on" phrase. I've never been so ill-prepared to start a large project in my life - and yet, I know that at a certain point, "research" and all the reading and note-taking can become more of a crutch and hindrance than useful. Like keeping that old Raggedy Ann doll or blankey around long past your teens. Or, er, twenties. :P So, I'm going to ignore the part of me that's begging to futz around with books and geological charts for another decade or so, because that's just a load of crap. I'm starting the novel on Monday, and I'm not going to worry (too much) that I don't have all the details of the plot. Most of my truly inspired ideas don't occur until well into the writing process, so that means I can't get to them until I start with chapter one and forge ahead, regardless of whether it's "good" or "bad" or if I'm prepared enough. There's no such thing as "prepared enough" when it comes to the arts.
I thought about posting the outline of the novel, but I don't think it would interest a lot of readers. Too many details, and frankly, the subject matter won't be interesting to any but a few people. Suffice to say, the novel is about a young man and woman who meet at college and fall in love. The catch? The man is gay. So, they go about trying to find a bisexual man to "bring them together", as it were - to make them a couple, sexually as well as romantically. They do find someone, eventually. But is he a man, or something else? Hmmm... that's where the horror and screaming comes in. And that, in a nutshell, is the plot.
I don't think I'll post much in the way of what I've written about - that gets boring, if you're not interested in who the characters are to being with. But I was thinking of posting a daily word count, and then maybe once a week posting several paragraphs from the WIP - nothing you need to have extensive character or plot background on, but just bits of scenes that might be interesting to read, more for a sense of the world and the style of writing (and the style and level of horror) than anything else. So I guess this is a warning - starting next Tuesday, I'll have a little Writertopia word meter popping up here. I'll start out with a daily word count, but I may switch to every other day - word meters are kind of boring on their own. :) However, I'll also blog about what I plan to do when the novel is finished - the redrafting, and the submission process. I'll talk about how I plan to send it out to agents, and who will be on that list. I'll also be finishing up a couple of stories for specific markets & deadlines, so it's not like it'll be ALL WORD COUNT ALL THE TIME. Just most of the time. :)
I thought about posting the outline of the novel, but I don't think it would interest a lot of readers. Too many details, and frankly, the subject matter won't be interesting to any but a few people. Suffice to say, the novel is about a young man and woman who meet at college and fall in love. The catch? The man is gay. So, they go about trying to find a bisexual man to "bring them together", as it were - to make them a couple, sexually as well as romantically. They do find someone, eventually. But is he a man, or something else? Hmmm... that's where the horror and screaming comes in. And that, in a nutshell, is the plot.
I don't think I'll post much in the way of what I've written about - that gets boring, if you're not interested in who the characters are to being with. But I was thinking of posting a daily word count, and then maybe once a week posting several paragraphs from the WIP - nothing you need to have extensive character or plot background on, but just bits of scenes that might be interesting to read, more for a sense of the world and the style of writing (and the style and level of horror) than anything else. So I guess this is a warning - starting next Tuesday, I'll have a little Writertopia word meter popping up here. I'll start out with a daily word count, but I may switch to every other day - word meters are kind of boring on their own. :) However, I'll also blog about what I plan to do when the novel is finished - the redrafting, and the submission process. I'll talk about how I plan to send it out to agents, and who will be on that list. I'll also be finishing up a couple of stories for specific markets & deadlines, so it's not like it'll be ALL WORD COUNT ALL THE TIME. Just most of the time. :)
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