Day 10
This is a good post. I agree with not having to know something to write about. My friend was just corresponding with me about that. He said write about what you want to know. Then go study.
I honestly didn't write much today. I just forced myself to start writing a little, and was pleased to see that it was less of a chore than I thought it might be. I'm actually excited about this part because this is where I get to be super descriptive. Daisy is venturing out in Jack's world alone. There's a super cool reason why, but I'm still just trying to figure out how it's gonna backfire on her. You know it will.
I almost didn't even write tonight, but I figured why break my streak after ten days? I'm going strong, I want to keep going strong! So I'll at least try to write 100 words on days I don't feel like writing. That seems fair.
Well, honestly, it's time for me to pack up and hit the hay. I've been so tired.
Favorite line of the day: This (weeping willow) was her favorite tree because it was the only thing she could think of that was actually majestic in its gloom.
17,322 words
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Friday, July 30, 2010
Day 9
Day 9
It is usually my fashion to write random excerpts and try to link them all together. Trouble is, I never get around to linking them together. So far, in this story, I haven't really been writing those. I have things I want to be sure to include, but I just make little notes for later.
Boy, so it seems like I was tearing through this story, and now I've sort of come to a halt. I try to write a little bit each day, usually I try to get out at least 1,000 words. But it's tough.
I feel like I don't know what I want to have happen. I can't just have a bunch of small events, I need one large, overarching adventure to take place. I know the grand ending that I want, but I don't know how to make the story arrive there without segmenting it into a billion little parts.
I think today I will devote some time to just rereading the whole story and adding things where I feel the story could use some more detail.
Favorite line of the day: It sounded like the rustling of gift wrapping, but that might falsely indicate something pleasant.
16,530 words
It is usually my fashion to write random excerpts and try to link them all together. Trouble is, I never get around to linking them together. So far, in this story, I haven't really been writing those. I have things I want to be sure to include, but I just make little notes for later.
Boy, so it seems like I was tearing through this story, and now I've sort of come to a halt. I try to write a little bit each day, usually I try to get out at least 1,000 words. But it's tough.
I feel like I don't know what I want to have happen. I can't just have a bunch of small events, I need one large, overarching adventure to take place. I know the grand ending that I want, but I don't know how to make the story arrive there without segmenting it into a billion little parts.
I think today I will devote some time to just rereading the whole story and adding things where I feel the story could use some more detail.
Favorite line of the day: It sounded like the rustling of gift wrapping, but that might falsely indicate something pleasant.
16,530 words
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Day 8
Day 8
So I'm sorry, but I honestly just don't believe that you HAVE to write what you know. I think you can write about things that you've never experienced and come up with some of the most amazing stories. Sure, throw in some of your own experiences here or there. Your story has to have your finger prints on it, it doesn't have to have your DNA.
I thought about naming my story the other day. I have no idea what to call it. I figure I'll spend more time actually writing what happens in my story, and THEN name it. I'm sure something will present itself.
Favorite line of the day: The powdery dirt cracked beneath his finger tips with the guise of ancient emptiness.
16,198 words
So I'm sorry, but I honestly just don't believe that you HAVE to write what you know. I think you can write about things that you've never experienced and come up with some of the most amazing stories. Sure, throw in some of your own experiences here or there. Your story has to have your finger prints on it, it doesn't have to have your DNA.
I thought about naming my story the other day. I have no idea what to call it. I figure I'll spend more time actually writing what happens in my story, and THEN name it. I'm sure something will present itself.
Favorite line of the day: The powdery dirt cracked beneath his finger tips with the guise of ancient emptiness.
16,198 words
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Day 7
Day 7
Welp, that marks one week! I've managed to write everyday for a week, awesome.
I don't think my concept is too big, however, I AM having a bit of a hard time marrying two of the big things I want to do in my story. I'm working on it, but I just need a better reason for them to be related than they have now.
CELEBRATE!!! Can you say 15,000 words?! That's right!!! We now have over 15,000 words!! Woohoo!!!!!
Daisy and Jack are in a serious slump right now, and I'm hating it. Oh geez, yesterday, shoot, earlier today! they were soooo happy.
Things are seriously falling apart now. Poor Jack, he's seriously been through a lot. His character has way more anguish than Daisy's because she is shielding herself from everything she's actually going through.
Jack is so interesting, but he's kind of aging into a jerk. Hopefully his soul softens. I'm sure it will.
I love where Daisy has come to be. As a person, she's done a lot of growing. She's so much different than the start of the story. She's really developing into a character that I like a lot. I even admire her because she's overcoming some big things.
I feel like I always like one or the other better, Jack or Daisy. It's kind of like clutch and gas. I like one sooo much, and the other not at all. Then I like them kind of even, then opposite how I started out. It's really funny to see.
I realized a lapse is coming soon where Jack and Daisy don't see eachother again. Jack needs to grow up, and there's only one, kind of unfortunate way to bring that about. He's also kind of a prisoner to his situation, and that can only be remedied through a little tragedy. He'll be alright though, don't worry.
15,885 words
Welp, that marks one week! I've managed to write everyday for a week, awesome.
I don't think my concept is too big, however, I AM having a bit of a hard time marrying two of the big things I want to do in my story. I'm working on it, but I just need a better reason for them to be related than they have now.
CELEBRATE!!! Can you say 15,000 words?! That's right!!! We now have over 15,000 words!! Woohoo!!!!!
Daisy and Jack are in a serious slump right now, and I'm hating it. Oh geez, yesterday, shoot, earlier today! they were soooo happy.
Things are seriously falling apart now. Poor Jack, he's seriously been through a lot. His character has way more anguish than Daisy's because she is shielding herself from everything she's actually going through.
Jack is so interesting, but he's kind of aging into a jerk. Hopefully his soul softens. I'm sure it will.
I love where Daisy has come to be. As a person, she's done a lot of growing. She's so much different than the start of the story. She's really developing into a character that I like a lot. I even admire her because she's overcoming some big things.
I feel like I always like one or the other better, Jack or Daisy. It's kind of like clutch and gas. I like one sooo much, and the other not at all. Then I like them kind of even, then opposite how I started out. It's really funny to see.
I realized a lapse is coming soon where Jack and Daisy don't see eachother again. Jack needs to grow up, and there's only one, kind of unfortunate way to bring that about. He's also kind of a prisoner to his situation, and that can only be remedied through a little tragedy. He'll be alright though, don't worry.
15,885 words
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Day 6
Day 6
I can't honestly say I've ever read a book like mine. I don't really want to go break down someone else's work either because I feel like that would make me less confident in my own story. I just want to write my story how I want it to be. I reread it constantly, so I know it's something I enjoy reading, and I feel like other people would too.
That's why it's so important that I just get it finished. If I have something written down, start to finish, that'll be more than anything else I've ever created. Then I can go back and tweak it how I'd like it.
I'm having a really fun time today because now Jack and Daisy are in Jack's world (ie the real world) and Daisy is experiencing hunger, time, and color. She's taking it surprisingly well. She must have knowledge of most of this stuff somewhere in the back of her head... hint, hint!
I like Jack's world. It's quaint and small. It reminds me of Claremont colleges mixed with stereotypical picket-fence America. It's super neat.
They're on their way somewhere really cool right now, and it's not really cool just innately, but it's really cool because it's Daisy's first night (ever) and it's really memorable. She doesn't have night in her world because time doesn't actually elapse.
That was a hard thing because I was struggling with how to mature Daisy at the same rate as Jack. She was still 12, and Jack was 18 maturity wise. I devised a clever way based alot on Daisy's thought processes on her trip into Jack's world.
She is finally caught up. . . mostly. :]
13,096 words
Favorite line of the day: (I couldn't pick, they go together!!!) Each house was now represented by one or a few lights. They combined to create a starry sky on the ground.
Still, my all time favorite line of the whole story is this one: She (Daisy) tried to be very quiet, but the dying daffodils whispered about her every move as a final announcement of their hatred for their sworn rival--daisies.
So I really like to ask questions in my story as I'm writing the text. The questions are meant to stay. I feel like they help the reader see things from the vantage point of the writer better. The writer (that's me!) doesn't know everything, but is watching it unfold as it happens. The questions kind of act as a chorus, so to speak. They voice the things the readers should be thinking.
Example time!
“Please, Daisy, please.” He pleaded. Daisy looked into Jack’s face and saw how grief stricken he was.
“Okay, Jack. It’ll be okay.” Had she gotten better at consoling? Maybe just consoling Jack specifically.
14,708 words
I can't honestly say I've ever read a book like mine. I don't really want to go break down someone else's work either because I feel like that would make me less confident in my own story. I just want to write my story how I want it to be. I reread it constantly, so I know it's something I enjoy reading, and I feel like other people would too.
That's why it's so important that I just get it finished. If I have something written down, start to finish, that'll be more than anything else I've ever created. Then I can go back and tweak it how I'd like it.
I'm having a really fun time today because now Jack and Daisy are in Jack's world (ie the real world) and Daisy is experiencing hunger, time, and color. She's taking it surprisingly well. She must have knowledge of most of this stuff somewhere in the back of her head... hint, hint!
I like Jack's world. It's quaint and small. It reminds me of Claremont colleges mixed with stereotypical picket-fence America. It's super neat.
They're on their way somewhere really cool right now, and it's not really cool just innately, but it's really cool because it's Daisy's first night (ever) and it's really memorable. She doesn't have night in her world because time doesn't actually elapse.
That was a hard thing because I was struggling with how to mature Daisy at the same rate as Jack. She was still 12, and Jack was 18 maturity wise. I devised a clever way based alot on Daisy's thought processes on her trip into Jack's world.
She is finally caught up. . . mostly. :]
13,096 words
Favorite line of the day: (I couldn't pick, they go together!!!) Each house was now represented by one or a few lights. They combined to create a starry sky on the ground.
Still, my all time favorite line of the whole story is this one: She (Daisy) tried to be very quiet, but the dying daffodils whispered about her every move as a final announcement of their hatred for their sworn rival--daisies.
So I really like to ask questions in my story as I'm writing the text. The questions are meant to stay. I feel like they help the reader see things from the vantage point of the writer better. The writer (that's me!) doesn't know everything, but is watching it unfold as it happens. The questions kind of act as a chorus, so to speak. They voice the things the readers should be thinking.
Example time!
“Please, Daisy, please.” He pleaded. Daisy looked into Jack’s face and saw how grief stricken he was.
“Okay, Jack. It’ll be okay.” Had she gotten better at consoling? Maybe just consoling Jack specifically.
14,708 words
Monday, July 26, 2010
Day 5
Day 5
I hope I'm not boring my readers...
7,708 words
While reading one of my friends' websites about writing, I was interested by something he said in a post about what editors look for. An editor himself, i was soaking up every word he wrote. He said "The first thing I look for is a good first line." I found this interesting, and I immediately went back and checked on my first line. I have a few favorite lines from my story, and the first line was one of them.
It was a line that struck me while I was just perusing the internet with no purpose. I wrote this line down for posterity's sake, and lo and behold, it turned out being the beginning to my novel. It's not my favorite because it is innately fabulous. One or two other lines in my story top this one. But I like it because it was what started the story, and I felt like it was a pretty good start.
I always look forward to those few lines in my story every time I re-read what I've written so far. So, drumroll please, here is my first line.
"The grey shade of the drooping daisies was engulfing as fog as Daisy Delight sauntered through the flat field - alone."
I like this line because, already from one sentence you can tell that, wherever she is, she obviously doesn't belong. What do you think of it?
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Stepping into someone else's shoes is difficult. Stepping into someone else's world, abandoning your own for all intents and purposes, that's heroic. It's the symbol of love and sacrifice.
Daisy has left her world, people. It's gonna be intense! I don't know if she can get back to her own world yet, or is she and Jack are gonna be able to end up together. It'll be interesting to find out.
I hope it can work out. We'll see.
I really watch the story unfold as it happens, and I just write it. If I feel like a section isn't detailed enough, I re-read it and then close my eyes on the parts I want more detail on. I just watch it as it happens, it's a neat way to write, really.
9,826 words
Favorite line of the day: Daisy stood, hands still clasped in a dainty arrangement.
Amazing... Daisy just spent some time in Jack's world and changed. She's only been there a couple minutes, but it aged her to catch up with Jack. She's where she should be. Well, for as much as someone with her issues can be. Hehe.
I like Daisy so much better already!
Jack had started to kind of annoy me in the start of the story, but he went back to his world and aged properly. When he came back, he was so much cooler.
Guess who's world is healthier?
Daisy is so awesome! I am happy I like her again.
CELEBRATE!!! We just broke the 10,000 word point!!!! 10% done!!!! Yay!!!!!
I hope I'm not boring my readers...
7,708 words
While reading one of my friends' websites about writing, I was interested by something he said in a post about what editors look for. An editor himself, i was soaking up every word he wrote. He said "The first thing I look for is a good first line." I found this interesting, and I immediately went back and checked on my first line. I have a few favorite lines from my story, and the first line was one of them.
It was a line that struck me while I was just perusing the internet with no purpose. I wrote this line down for posterity's sake, and lo and behold, it turned out being the beginning to my novel. It's not my favorite because it is innately fabulous. One or two other lines in my story top this one. But I like it because it was what started the story, and I felt like it was a pretty good start.
I always look forward to those few lines in my story every time I re-read what I've written so far. So, drumroll please, here is my first line.
"The grey shade of the drooping daisies was engulfing as fog as Daisy Delight sauntered through the flat field - alone."
I like this line because, already from one sentence you can tell that, wherever she is, she obviously doesn't belong. What do you think of it?
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Stepping into someone else's shoes is difficult. Stepping into someone else's world, abandoning your own for all intents and purposes, that's heroic. It's the symbol of love and sacrifice.
Daisy has left her world, people. It's gonna be intense! I don't know if she can get back to her own world yet, or is she and Jack are gonna be able to end up together. It'll be interesting to find out.
I hope it can work out. We'll see.
I really watch the story unfold as it happens, and I just write it. If I feel like a section isn't detailed enough, I re-read it and then close my eyes on the parts I want more detail on. I just watch it as it happens, it's a neat way to write, really.
9,826 words
Favorite line of the day: Daisy stood, hands still clasped in a dainty arrangement.
Amazing... Daisy just spent some time in Jack's world and changed. She's only been there a couple minutes, but it aged her to catch up with Jack. She's where she should be. Well, for as much as someone with her issues can be. Hehe.
I like Daisy so much better already!
Jack had started to kind of annoy me in the start of the story, but he went back to his world and aged properly. When he came back, he was so much cooler.
Guess who's world is healthier?
Daisy is so awesome! I am happy I like her again.
CELEBRATE!!! We just broke the 10,000 word point!!!! 10% done!!!! Yay!!!!!
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Day 4
Day 4
I must admit, I'm not really sure how my story has much to do with anything around me. The story isn't actually about what it seems. It's got dark undertones, and it deals with a lot more than is ever described literally.
I'm having a fun time writing about it though, because everything takes place in an imagination. This is part of the reason that time isn't real, which makes my life a lot easier.
Because I get irritated with my characters so quickly, I'm happy that time isn't real. They are able to progress at breakneck speeds in an absolutely natural way. It isn't questionable because time doesn't play a role in the story. Readers won't even question it.
7,199 words
I must admit, I'm not really sure how my story has much to do with anything around me. The story isn't actually about what it seems. It's got dark undertones, and it deals with a lot more than is ever described literally.
I'm having a fun time writing about it though, because everything takes place in an imagination. This is part of the reason that time isn't real, which makes my life a lot easier.
Because I get irritated with my characters so quickly, I'm happy that time isn't real. They are able to progress at breakneck speeds in an absolutely natural way. It isn't questionable because time doesn't play a role in the story. Readers won't even question it.
7,199 words
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