Award

[spiceblueeyes]

I wrote for tamingthemuse 20 weeks in a row and got this lovely Polyhymnia award, yay!




I decided to end my run this week because I'm thinking of working on my own project. I'll keep writing fanfic, just maybe not as regularly. I really want to write a book, and while I've never written anything longer than a short story, I think if I work hard I can do it. I'm nervous about trying it, because trying always means you might not succeed, but I'm going to try anyway. Even if it turns out that anything I write is utter crap, at least I'll have tried something I've always wanted to do.
Support would be appreciated  :)

Comments

[whichclothes.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!!

I'm probably going to take a creative writing course on writing novels this summer. Trying means you might not succeed, but not trying means you *definitely* won't succeed!! So I absolutely think you should go for it!!

('ve written long non-fiction. You just do it one page at a time, you know?)

[spiceblueeyes.livejournal.com]

Thanks, that's gonna be my mantra, "one page at a time."
:D

[flighty-dreams.livejournal.com]

Congrats! That's great. :D

As for novel writing - go for it! I'm sure you can do it. But if by some chance you don't go through with it before then, I highly recommend participating in NaNoWriMo. I did it for the first time last year, and I wrote my first complete novel. (Despite Spliced already being long enough to equal 3 novels, since it isn't complete I don't count it yet.) NaNoWriMo is a frantic whirlwind, but it's also a blast. ;-) And mostly importantly, it pushes you to write. A lot. Every day. It's a great motivator.

Basically, the big difference between novel writing vs short stories is... you can't keep stopping after every chapter to edit. The best thing to do is keep plugging away at it and not to worry too much about the earlier stuff. If you acknowledge that a first draft is NOT supposed to be great (or even good) it really frees you up a lot. You can always edit after you're done, and editing is easier than filling up a blank page!

One suggestion I would make, is that I personally believe it's easier to write a novel if you have it plotted out beforehand. That way you have a plan. Not everyone can work like that, and the level of detail in your plan can vary greatly, but that's a hard lesson that I've learned. (And this is coming from someone who is naturally very disorganized. I'm usually the one without a plan!) But it really does help, especially for a first novel.

Anyways yes, I encourage you to go for it! That's my pep talk, and (unsolicited) advice, but I hope you don't mind. Good luck!!

[spiceblueeyes.livejournal.com]

Wow, thanks for the advice, and the support! I have heard of NoNoWriMo, and actually my mom and I were thinking of doing it together this year.
I'm always up for a pep talk, thanks a bunch!!!