Oct. 29th, 2005

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I poked at my original novel this morning, getting it ready for November when I continue it. (I know that's not really allowed in NaNoWriMo rules, but I figure the ultimate point is to make people write a lot, yes? And I don't care about 'winning,' and don't intend to submit anything for word-counting even if I do reach 50,000 words, so it's all good. Right? Right.)

Then my mom called this afternoon and we hashed out some plans for Thanksgiving. And then, just before she hung up, she told me she thinks I should go into writing YA fantasy novels. Which totally came out of nowhere and I was like, "Bwah?" because I am terrible at finishing original work of any significant length and have never consciously aimed my stories at particular age niches (except for the ones that are clearly Not For Kids). Then again, I think the only piece of my fiction that my mom has read is "Secrets," which I suppose could be considered YA. I've just never thought of it that way myself.

Right at the moment, I am not feeling any of my current fanfiction stories. I'm in more of a story planning mood than a story writing mood, and the bulk of my attention is already drifting to Talin, Ranna, and the mess that passes for their country. *sigh*

I think I'll use the rest of the weekend to lay groundwork for stories instead of actually writing them.
edenfalling: stylized black-and-white line art of a sunset over water (Default)
I poked at my original novel this morning, getting it ready for November when I continue it. (I know that's not really allowed in NaNoWriMo rules, but I figure the ultimate point is to make people write a lot, yes? And I don't care about 'winning,' and don't intend to submit anything for word-counting even if I do reach 50,000 words, so it's all good. Right? Right.)

Then my mom called this afternoon and we hashed out some plans for Thanksgiving. And then, just before she hung up, she told me she thinks I should go into writing YA fantasy novels. Which totally came out of nowhere and I was like, "Bwah?" because I am terrible at finishing original work of any significant length and have never consciously aimed my stories at particular age niches (except for the ones that are clearly Not For Kids). Then again, I think the only piece of my fiction that my mom has read is "Secrets," which I suppose could be considered YA. I've just never thought of it that way myself.

Right at the moment, I am not feeling any of my current fanfiction stories. I'm in more of a story planning mood than a story writing mood, and the bulk of my attention is already drifting to Talin, Ranna, and the mess that passes for their country. *sigh*

I think I'll use the rest of the weekend to lay groundwork for stories instead of actually writing them.

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