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Ah, well. For me, I will never get anything done if I sit down to do careful planning and plotting (e.g. I have planned out quite a few things for my adventure/fantasy story and written about 7 chapters but it’ll take forever to plan out the rest because it’s quite the sweeping epic). The trouble is in getting myself to actually write so that’s what I’m focusing on. Forcing myself to write even if I don’t feel like it and have no idea what’s going on.
(Looks around sheepishly)
Um, ridiculous plots? You say like that’s a bad thing… (nervous laughter). I don’t remember this but have I ever explained to you what exactly is the premise of my WIP?
I’m the opposite. I can’t get anything finished without planning. Though I still have days when I have no idea what’s happening next.
Well…I do believe there’s a difference between purposeful ridiculousness and lame ridiculousness, which in all likelihood is what my stories are.
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Ah, that’s the self-criticism talking, isn’t it?
FYI: My WIP is about a queen that falls from grace and goes into hiding… and does that by hiding in plain sight as a rising star in the local theatre scene and waging a propaganda war with her enemies. Ridiculous, yes, but I suppose whether it is lame or not is a matter of preference. 😛
@seekjustice @rochelaine @valtmy @alia @ariel-ashira @kaya-young @dragon-snapper @dekreel Heloooooo! I am outlining and working on blog posts. 🙂 Anyone wanna join me?
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www.jennaterese.comHey! I’m folding the washing but I’ll join you anyway.
INFP Queen of the Kingdom commander of an army of origami cranes and a sabre from Babylon.
Hey! I’m folding the washing but I’ll join you anyway.
INFP Queen of the Kingdom commander of an army of origami cranes and a sabre from Babylon.
@seekjustice Awesome! I actually just got done doing the same thing XD
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www.jennaterese.com😀 And you reminded me, I really gotta sit down and write some posts too. I’ll do that once I’ve put the washing away so I can actually sit on my chair 😛
INFP Queen of the Kingdom commander of an army of origami cranes and a sabre from Babylon.
By the way, do you have any suggestions for good instrumental soundtracks to listen to?
INFP Queen of the Kingdom commander of an army of origami cranes and a sabre from Babylon.
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I really love music by Helen Jane Long, Ludovico Einaudi, and the Piano Guys. I’ve heard a little bit of Yiruma too, and Audiomachine is awesome for making playlists to listen to while book writing.
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www.jennaterese.comCool! I’ll check those out. How’s your NaNo prep going? Are you doing any prep?
INFP Queen of the Kingdom commander of an army of origami cranes and a sabre from Babylon.
@seekjustice It’s coming along okay. It’s hard for me to outline when I don’t have a spurt of inspiration and a rush of creativity, so sometimes I’m forcing myself to make sure I’m ready for NaNo. But it’s going pretty good. 🙂 I’m still not sure if my schedule will allow me to do NaNo this year, but we’ll see. i’ll keep you posted 😉
How about your nano prep?
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www.jennaterese.comI find doing sort of “mini-plots” on sticky notes and just tossing ideas around is really helpful for pushing through the uninspired bits.
If obsessively rewatching Prince Caspian and The King’s Speech counts as prep, I’m doing brilliantly 😛
INFP Queen of the Kingdom commander of an army of origami cranes and a sabre from Babylon.
Ah, Prince Caspian. I haven’t watched that in a long time…
What’s this I hear about Netflix doing a show series based on Narnia???
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