Happy New (Writing) Year

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Happy New Year all!

Yes, I am a week late and yes, I am alive.

RL has really taken over recently, pushing this blog to the far back of my mind. I did have a plan on how to revitalise this blog however I have hit a bit of a wall, well, Page.

I was planning on setting separate pages on here that would allow me to post various pieces of my work depending on if it is the Magic Cottage WIP, SDR (Steampunk Dragon Rider) or the Hallie/Demon/Dark Witch work.

I have become a bit piece meal in how I write. I have noticed as it befits my RL routine and health issues a lot better. That means I jump between different WIP’s more than I use to and so I have started writing various scenes, ideas and shorts that all fit within that WIP as it comes to me. It is a chaotic way of working I will grant but it genuinely fits better for me. For that reason, I wanted to start posting work in a more disjointed but still connected way.

This is where the rub comes into it though: separate pages on a WordPress blog are static, meaning I cannot just post to that page. I guess I could just post onto the blog and link the posts on the pages but if anyone has any suggestions, I would be grateful. I have had archiving suggested to me as well as specific tags for the posts.

Meanwhile, I have also started doing other creative stuff, like sewing, drawing, painting, crafting, etc. I am still learning a lot but I am proud of what I have produced so far. This leads into me starting to do handwritten story bible type stuff for my written work. It is another way I keep writing even when I am struggling to do so otherwise. This means a lot more paper I need to store so I can reference it quickly. If you have seen my Twitter thread on my Study/Craft Room Renovation (see here), you will know I have a large desk and can put a lot of stuff on it, like folders. Those folders, I am planning to paint and make them look, as best as I can, like book covers, to fit in with my planned decor scheme.

Increased creativity is something I am planning to try and do more of this year to help with my mental and physical wellbeing. Heck, who knows, I might post stuff here as well as my Twitter. No promises though posting more on here is a goal for this year.

How are you all? Any goals or plans? Ideas on how I can post, in an organised way, on here? Feel free to comment below.

Camp NaNoWriMo July 2015: Day 2

Word Count: 1,752

Not massive amount to say except I may have gone down the wrong path whilst hitting a slight wall. I also might have started at the wrong point slightly. I suppose that is down to the fact that I had no idea how to actually start the story. The nature of NaNo I suppose is apart of that.

Not sure how much writing is going to be done tomorrow or tonight for that matter due to life but I am aiming to get something down at least.

Camp NaNoWriMo April 2015: Done! Finally!

Apologies for the disappearing act. I have been trying to complete NaNo in among other life stuff.

To be honest, I cannot be bothered to do all my WC’s but suffice it to say I finally finished on 25,007 words. My word program and Camp’s validator had differing ideas on my word count so ended up writing more just to get it validated. In the end, I had to write in summary because I was never going to catch up whilst writing in full, especially as I was struggling to contend with the fact that I was rushing the ending. I need to stop being such a perfectionist. I know I need to trust my instincts and stick to any plans I make. I know deviating from it on certain points did make the writing of this NaNo tough.

So will I rewrite it? I don’t know. Steal from it for other stories, likely. I think right now I am just focusing on writing and wanting to just write for enjoyment for a while after not being able to write for so long. I do like the idea, the premise and I know there is stuff I can do with it, especially as it takes place in the same world as other NaNo’s I have done.

I think come what May at this time and just figure things out later. (Lame joke, I know!)

Camp NaNoWriMo April 2015: Days 23 and 24

Day 23: 20,291 words

Day 24: 20,316 words

The story is finally starting to kick into place (ain’t it my luck?!) with my FMC going from finding the origin point of the disease to managing to bond with the dragons by saving the dragon baby she has hatched whilst chasing off two poachers and making the teen with them promise to never speak of it again if he left quietly.

A later call on a satellite phone she has received reveals that her bonding with the dragons without knowing or having the White Fire shouldn’t really have happened. She is about to find out though.

The way things are going, the notes and writing the bits I want to method might be the best method to at least have some sort of full story down.

 

Camp NaNoWriMo April 2015: Day 22

Day 22: 17,838 words

Again, not masses written but had the revelation that my FMC’s dog is dying from disease, my FMC has already accepted that and the birth of an orphaned baby dragon after the death of its mum. The dragon is still genderless.

Right now, I am just hoping to at least write and hit my 25,000 word target as I am just happy to be writing again.

Camp NaNoWriMo April 2015: Day 21

Day 21: 17,383 words

Only a quick update. FMC replied to a letter from her love interest where I managed to write thoughts and feeling just for word count.

Just hope I can write some more real story stuff before the month ends.

Camp NaNoWriMo April 2015: Days 19 and 20

Day 19: 16,221 words

Day 20: 16,975 words

I am pushing on and at least writing, even if the prose is not going to be exactly awe-inspiring.

Main events: FMC has seen a dragon die after the storm, taken in the dragon’s egg and is trying to get it to hatch and has also received a letter confirming that there is a virus, an illness, within the dragons and potentially her dog has already been exposed.

Not much but I am writing. That’s the main thing for me.

Camp NaNoWriMo April 2015: Day 18

Day 18: 16,028 words

Main thing that happened yesterday: my FMC finally finished her letter to her love interest, with help from the little dragon following her around.

I seem to suddenly get a second wind as things started clicking, starting with having a storm blow in requiring her to go help the dragons before starting an environment assessment. Because of this assessment, she needs to go to the other islands. I won’t reveal too much more but suffice it to say I wrote a load of planning underneath the last bit I did to get things out of my head and written somewhere.

I think the second wind was influenced by something I ended up thinking yesterday: am I trying to do a story over too big of a time period? Considering my thinking about my FMC and the White Fire, maybe it should be shorter. It not only helps my wc (hopefully!), it might make it easier for me to actually write it.

I’m due for a second wind I think. I need it, desperately!

Camp NaNoWriMo April 2015: Day 17

Word count: 15,371 words

Yesterday I wrote more of the same but it was different. I wrote about Autumn on the archipelago, the dragons migratory patterns and their pups/babies then revealing she had just found another dead dragon. Not much really so the same things as before but not quite.

I know I am going in circles but it’s because I know I am stuck and unsure what to write next to get the full story down before the end of the month. I feel bad short-changing the story admittedly but it is a necessary need I think. Can you see the rock and the hard place I have put myself in admittedly?

I just hope this works out.

Camp NaNoWriMo April 2015: Day 16

Day 16: 14,275 words

Just more description, expanding the islands and the different types of dragons. Also moved time on slightly to show my FMC getting frustrated at different little things about the archipelago. Know when the shine comes off something and you start noticing the annoying things? She’s at that stage.

Just hoping this will keep me writing.