I wish I had the creative energy to join you, considering I have so much TIME this year.
I am thinking I will follow you all along but I am going to try and go back and edit what I journalled and try finish writing all my PND journey up IYKWIM and I am also working through my birth so rather than a novel I might see if I can use my two collective 'works' mentioned as inspiration to participate in some way!
Last year, I wrote about my birth journey too ... about 70 or 80K in the end ... a very worthwhile process ... now to come to terms with it all, right?
This year, I'm going back to fiction. I used to love writing, and haven't really enjoyed it as much since my birth trauma - but it's been almost 18 months, and I'm going to try ...
I think I might actually do this. I've been talking about writing for ages and actually had a good idea with a super kick ass title in mind... so this seems the perfect oppurtunity and motivation to just start... bit nervous, never been involved but am checking the site out now... somebody give me a push!
What programs are people planning to write in? I have heard there are some good programs specifically for novels, does anyone use one and if so, which?
Haven't decided if I'm going down the Mac or PC path - if I go Mac I'll have to find a software package to use (refuse to soil my Mac with microsoft products).
Have a notepad, that I'm scribbling down ideas into.
I just use Word. I actually try not to read over what I've written while I'm going - to prevent myself from stopping every 5 words and editing. I just have to go with the flow, and keep typing!
Even to the point of finishing a thread of a story, and leaving another part for a few days, to make sure the current isn't interrupted.
Grabbed some guides from websites today (I was bored writing at work so went hunting down things to help me write my novel at home) - can somebody see the insanity of this whole thing with me considering I write for a living and I'm going to be doing this in my spare time, just as well uni is finished for the semester or you'd be organising the nice men to bring me a coat that allows me to hug myself
Found a great piece of software - for the mac - called scrivener
trial is for 30 days (that is 30 days of use, not 30 days from the time you open it)
It allows you all these sub sections within a project - things like character sheets, places, any research you've done & will then format it into the correct format at the end (manuscript, novel, e-book).
I'm taking today to put my character info in there, describing the location of the story etc.
I decided to write about something I know, places I know, work environments I either know about or friends have worked in.
Will be taking the laptop to work with me, with the glorious few hours of sunlight after work I can lay in the park and write before I have to head home and do the domestic stuff.
Hey, I am in! I think I have most of my ducks lined up to start writing
I've been thinking about getting myself a Mac book air so I can write on the train, I have a 1 hr each way commute every day which I have been using to long hand at the moment, then a couple of hours each night on the pc at home. How is everyone else fitting this in with real life??
That is awesome sopdet!! I had about 3000 already written, but then started reading 'the 90 day novel' and have decided to chuck it and be more loose with my ideas, it definitely helped me to define the style of writing I want, as well as some under lying images I want to remain constant throughout. I have spent the last week absolutely consumed by my story and keep being completely surprised by where it leads me, I am loving the process of writing itself, having never really done it properly before. I am finding myself walking around with a smile constantly lately and not letting things that would have really bothered me before bother me now because I now know that I have this story i need to tell and it's more important than the other crap going on at work
Anyway, I had better stop blathering! That program sounds awesome, I should go and check it out!
My laptop had to go away last night to be serviced. 3 days max apparently but I'm itching to start... I wrote about 1500 words but really looking forward to getting my own comp back!!
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