The Curse

I can't figure out my short story or my NaNo project.

 

Reference = 500 brownie points

 

 

I understand the Whovian jokes are probably getting old. Thing is, it's a lot harder to make other references when the Who ones are so... abundant. I mean, what else can I do?

 

I can't figure out my short story or my NaNo project.

 

 

Lady Mary? Too emotional.

 

Frodo? Too... just no.

 

Wait, I found one that works!!!

 

LBD, FTW!

 

All of my precious writing time has been invested in actually figuring out where my stories are going. As in, what happens next? What's the ponit? What are all these people doing inside my head?

 

Really, though. Curse of the time lords. And the writers. I simply cannot figure out what I'm doing. I have handwritten several pages to add to my short story that now need to be copied on the computer. I usually never handwrite, but that's what my Prob & Stat course is for. I know the whole thing is going to get edited to death and I might actually have to chop out all of those pages because of kinks in the plot, but I'm writing. Still, it's bothering me to no end that I cannot seem to come up with a decent ending. The conflict is all there, but as usual, I feel the need to write a whole novel to fully delve into it. There are so many sides to what I'm writing about (which is, as a reminder, the internment of US citizens during WWII). So much emotion... so much backstory.

 

So what have I been doing?

 

Drawing up a battle plan!

 

I notoriously draw up lists before I do anything, and the includes write. I try and put my plot in a neat little box, stick a bow on it, and THEN write. None of that fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants stuff. Gross! Seriously, though, if you can do it, congrats. I used to be able to. It was a blast, even though the story needed major work. I think I need to rediscover that process. It would probably shut up my inner editor and make me take myself a little less seriously.

 

Same goes for my NaNo project. I can't seem to get a good grip on the details of my dystopian world. It's extremely complex, but I don't want it to be overly complex, because that confuses the reader. But I don't want to make it overly simple, because that isn't how the world or society work. I know that I am speaking in vague terms, but I really don't want my plot points scattered throughout the Internet. Just know that I am working on it. I have a few more weeks until November hits, so hopefully I can at least figure out my setting and then just let my characters go on a mad rampage for a month.

 

I don't have much else to report. Just know that I'm writing, I'm trying, and encouragement is more than acceptable. Wish me luck!