Comments | brandy_bean: Time to Get Rolling!

brandy_bean

Time to Get Rolling!

May 04, 2014 15:45

The picture you see is the physical representation of all the information I have on my computer about my novel. All my research and notes, so far, are bound in a 3 inch binder that is nearly full. Pretty crazy. (And that notebook sitting next to it? That's me trying to sketch out exactly how a separate 3 dimensional space (world) would attach to ( Read more... )

guardian's son notes, novel, writing

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ext_1133268 May 6 2014, 13:45:09 UTC

That's really cool, all that research. I am always so paranoid about getting stuff wrong that I write about stuff which doesn't exist but I do really love it when a writer does their homework and inform as well as entertain. Doing well with your first chapter? :D

brandy_bean May 7 2014, 03:58:11 UTC

There's nothing wrong with making things up that don't exist. That's where some of the most interesting stories come from. :)

The first chapter is coming along, although very slowly. I didn't have a lot of time left to work on it that night, so very little was actually written. I haven't had a chance to get back to it since, but I'm going to try to see if I can work on it a little tonight.

ext_1133268 May 8 2014, 14:57:38 UTC

Little by little is how stories are written. Well, it's like that for me. :D I have a recommendation, if you want, for an app which is kind of like Nanowrimo in that you can enter a daily writing total (yay :D ) and what is good is that it reminds you to write with an alarm. Seriously, it MADE me write one night. I was so tired and I thought "Meh, I can write again tomorrow," but the alarm went and it looked at me with a kind of judgmental air (which is a bit scary considering it's not sentient... at least I hope it's not :$ ) and I ended up writing my daily goal ( ... )

brandy_bean May 9 2014, 03:30:09 UTC

It's good to hear you're still writing! :-) And that new tablet is really handy, I'll bet. I have one, too, although I don't take it to bed with me. It does take a little practice to use the onscreen keyboard like a regular one. The hardest part for me is learning NOT to touch the keys unless I want to press them. There's no resting your hands on THAT keyboard. :-P Plus, its smaller. It's still a work in progress for me.

That app sounds interesting. If I had more time, I might want to use it. Unfortunately, time really has been an issue and I don't know if an alarm would help. I have several things going on at once, now. This includes school, studying for my new job (it's almost like a college course by itself) and a couple of major family issues that have come up recently. It looks like things might be getting back to normal again. So,I'm just now able to get back to my writing.