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To: JenB; TalonDJ
There's a joke about the progression of "my wonderful story" to "my current story" to "my story" to "my @#%@#$@# story" to "my wonderful finished story" that's very true...

Yep, that's about it. And most of the time, I give up at step 4. ;-) NaNo has been good for me in that it forces me to work past that point...or through it, in any case. I don't really have anything that's finished in the way I'd like it to be, but as I read somewhere the other day, what's "good" about a good first draft is that it's done! That's the most important part, and often very, very hard to achieve.

3,092 posted on 11/22/2004 11:38:21 AM PST by RosieCotton (He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative. - GKC)
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To: RosieCotton

Doubly so for me. I just lose interest about 3/4 of the way in, most of the time.


3,093 posted on 11/22/2004 11:42:16 AM PST by JenB
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To: RosieCotton

I drop off at step 0.6

Between the 'over thought the plot' and started writing something.


3,094 posted on 11/22/2004 11:49:25 AM PST by TalonDJ
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To: RosieCotton; Fedora
I am thinking I will try to do the NaNoWriMo next November. I am hoping to finish the graphic novel thingy by next spring.

Am Listening to Thomas Tallis (again!) - that bit of music alone makes me want to write. I need to go to the music store and find some good classical pieces.

Am hoping the secret service agent that died in today's crash WAS NOT the one that I have some familiarity with. His mother was my theatre teacher in high school. Of course, I am very sad for those families who did lose their loved ones in the crash, but the selfish part of me hopes it wasnt my former teachers son. She and I are good friends, and she has already lost her husband last year without warning.

3,105 posted on 11/22/2004 12:40:26 PM PST by Alkhin ("Oh! Oh!" cried my idiot crew. "It's a woman! We are doomed!" - - Jack Aubrey, M&C series)
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