A few days late for my 1-a-week-posting schedule, but it still counts, right?
Work has been busy (end of semester craziness which means super busy which means very little brain power left over at the end of the day) but it's slowly winding down, and by November my brain will be free to ponder NaNo writing.
Yesterday I was braver than expected, and sent in an email to take part in the Secret Life of Writers writing buddy programme. I'd love to have someone unbiased to read my ramblings during NaNo and, hopefully, beyond. The way I figure, if they see me at my worst (dumping out words, no editing), and they can help me improve, then it would be a wonderful thing. I'm hesitant to show someone what's inside my head, because I've never really shared original stories with anyone, but critiquing is an important part of writing, right?
I've been trying to picture the secondary characters from my NaNo project, and so when I got my hands on a copy of the Sims 3, I decided to make a household full of my characters- I got to spend a lot of time getting their looks just right, and also picking their personality traits was a lot of fun- and helped me summarise their personalities in a few short sentences. Even better, their interactions with each other were interesting to watch- seeing how conflicting personality traits interacted, the bonds they formed straight away etc. Without my input, it worked out much as I expected, so I feel like it's definitely helped me flesh out the characters.
Now I have two weeks to make a good NaNo writing plan! Let's see how that goes...
Work has been busy (end of semester craziness which means super busy which means very little brain power left over at the end of the day) but it's slowly winding down, and by November my brain will be free to ponder NaNo writing.
Yesterday I was braver than expected, and sent in an email to take part in the Secret Life of Writers writing buddy programme. I'd love to have someone unbiased to read my ramblings during NaNo and, hopefully, beyond. The way I figure, if they see me at my worst (dumping out words, no editing), and they can help me improve, then it would be a wonderful thing. I'm hesitant to show someone what's inside my head, because I've never really shared original stories with anyone, but critiquing is an important part of writing, right?
I've been trying to picture the secondary characters from my NaNo project, and so when I got my hands on a copy of the Sims 3, I decided to make a household full of my characters- I got to spend a lot of time getting their looks just right, and also picking their personality traits was a lot of fun- and helped me summarise their personalities in a few short sentences. Even better, their interactions with each other were interesting to watch- seeing how conflicting personality traits interacted, the bonds they formed straight away etc. Without my input, it worked out much as I expected, so I feel like it's definitely helped me flesh out the characters.
Now I have two weeks to make a good NaNo writing plan! Let's see how that goes...
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