23 minutes until the craziest month of the year begins. November is a fascinating, joy filled time for me because I once again embark on a novel. This year I still don't know what I'm writing and we're now 21 minutes away from the time that you can put the first word on the page that can count.
In general I plan before novel writing. Not a whole lot, just some. I like to create the characters, and delve into the world a little. This is why RPG, while looked down upon by some authors, really helps. You get through the awkward phase where your character is you, reacting and responding to everything, and change it into a separate entity. Its like pregnancy, holding on to this child, and then setting them free to grow and develop more in the novel you write later.
That being said, my favorite character, the one I spent the most time writing while RPing was Adair, who I have not written in something I would like to share with people. Instead she exists, in and out, in other forms.
Still, Ian, Molly and Alice had a good start in RP. Alice especially had an excellent start -- though perhaps this was because I was older, and more mature in my writing. Or so I would like to think.
17 minutes now. I'm kind of pumped. I should be reading about RNA and how it transcribes DNA, but there is a definite excitement in my life, a jump up and down, life is good excitement.
I am contemplating blogging my NaNo. At first this was going to be in a new blog, but this one works just as well. The writing process can be impeded by too much thought, but this is not about trying to make it work for others, but rather for myself.
14 minutes. My phone just went off to inform me of my test tomorrow. I am instead contemplating where to start. My novel this year, I believe, will be the Book of Gates. I have two groups to juggle -- Alane and Mya are the main characters. Mya fascinates me more then Alane does, and in the interest of time and in an effort to just keep writing, I believe I will start with Mya.
I was thinking, reading through some of the Mary-Sue stuff about various characters, that perhaps the whole original idea of the Book of Gates should be scrapped. The most exciting thing about it is Mya and I am heading into 12 novels? Not exciting. We'll see though, because there is a powerful pull from Alane.
9 minutes.
Even if I were to get rid of the entire idea for the entire plot and do something else -- a sequel to A/I/M or the Tower story with Benny and Nat -- I am unsure of where I would start. The other thing I could do would be my literary fiction novel -- Six Impossible Things -- but my creative writing teacher has turned me off to the idea.
I have realized I am going to need a playlist for the month. Perhaps I shall wander off in the last seven minutes to the forums to see suggestions for creating a playlist. Then again, they rarely do what I want -- which is to have songs that make me want to write.
3 minutes.
I had forgotten that the sites gets slower and slower as the first goes by. It is making things more difficult for me. But its fine. We're getting closer and closer. Soon it will be word counts instead of minutes.
I have thought about how I am going to do this. Posts will be short from here until the end of November, but I'm sure you can manage that. I am not expecting much traffic through here. But this is my writing process, how I do things.
No one can tell me what to do. National Novel Writing Month is about to begin.
Hold your breath. We're into the opening stretch.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Monday, October 4, 2010
Two Episodes In
Who was excited by this TV season? Me, that's who. How did the season do as compared to my predictions? Well, some of the shows I haven't gotten around to watching. Anything on Monday at 8 gets cut into by my biochemistry class, so I haven't watched House yet. HIMYM I have watched, because I like doing it with BBT. So lets start with these two.
HIMYM --
This show did well for the first episode. The frame within the frame within the frame was excellent. Robin was still not pleasing as a character, but I have given up on her a little, and am just giggling at the show now. Having given up on standard characterization, the show has fallen prey to the characteristics of sitcom -- over generalization and flanderization. Barney has lost control, Ted is repeatedly placed into positions that make him seem more and more ridiculous. Lily has become shrewish, and Marshall has become more small town, if that is possible. Robin has degenerated into typical femaleness. Still, having these character tropes is not necessarily bad. They can still be funny and lovable, and I'm going to keep watching because... well who is the mother.
I think that they have to reveal who the mother is finally, or its going to stretch the premise to the breaking point. Sure its just the frame, but there is something to be said to remaining true to what you began. I would lose an enormous amount of respect (probably all they have left from me) for the writers if they tried to pull a fast on us again like they did last season with the information about how the mother was in that classroom.
Season six will be interesting to watch and see how they shape things towards that wedding where Ted is the best man. (My prediction is that Barney is getting married. To who? Robin of course. Clearly I am slightly delusional).
Big Bang Theory --
Solid start to the fourth season. Despite the fact that it has been proclaimed that Penny and Sheldon will never be together (and there was something of a jibe about it in the episode), I still think that it could lead somewhere what with that awkward date with Sheldon, his date and Penny. I mean, come on. My fear of the loss of ensembleness that was with this show has been slightly alleviated, though not completely. Howard got face time (hilariously), but Leonard hasn't really had a story in a while, nor has Raj. It continues to be a Sheldon/Penny show. As a character person it bothers me that there isn't a lot of development for the side characters, but for the show it probably works, because most of the humor is found in Sheldon's behavior.
Bones --
Oh Bones! "Gather your squinterns!" Back to the witty banter and Brennan being slightly out there, and just Bonesy goodness. Gotta say the fact that they all got called back for Cam was good, but a little contrived. Still, the first episode was excellent and amusing (though, it annoyed me that the kidnapping case had the father as the bad guy, because I was like "But no! Colby would never do such a thing!" since Dylan Bruno was the actor). The second episode was actually amazing. I dislike Hannah because of the way she speaks, but appreciate that she speaks like she is writing something, which humanizes and characterizes her. But the really amazing part of the second episode was the way that the writers could finally begin to pull on some of the emotional strings they have been playing with for the past five years. Brennan's "I am the only one who is where they expected to be" and her in the bar at the end was heartbreakingly good. Way to have pay off for your hard work Bones. Now, don't blow it, as you are prone to do.
Glee I'm not going to talk about because they upset me by falling back into their usual annoying pattern. 30 Rock was done well, but nothing in particular to talk about with them. I think that's all I've watched. Maybe I'll do an episode recap soon. Maybe not. We'll see. ;)
HIMYM --
This show did well for the first episode. The frame within the frame within the frame was excellent. Robin was still not pleasing as a character, but I have given up on her a little, and am just giggling at the show now. Having given up on standard characterization, the show has fallen prey to the characteristics of sitcom -- over generalization and flanderization. Barney has lost control, Ted is repeatedly placed into positions that make him seem more and more ridiculous. Lily has become shrewish, and Marshall has become more small town, if that is possible. Robin has degenerated into typical femaleness. Still, having these character tropes is not necessarily bad. They can still be funny and lovable, and I'm going to keep watching because... well who is the mother.
I think that they have to reveal who the mother is finally, or its going to stretch the premise to the breaking point. Sure its just the frame, but there is something to be said to remaining true to what you began. I would lose an enormous amount of respect (probably all they have left from me) for the writers if they tried to pull a fast on us again like they did last season with the information about how the mother was in that classroom.
Season six will be interesting to watch and see how they shape things towards that wedding where Ted is the best man. (My prediction is that Barney is getting married. To who? Robin of course. Clearly I am slightly delusional).
Big Bang Theory --
Solid start to the fourth season. Despite the fact that it has been proclaimed that Penny and Sheldon will never be together (and there was something of a jibe about it in the episode), I still think that it could lead somewhere what with that awkward date with Sheldon, his date and Penny. I mean, come on. My fear of the loss of ensembleness that was with this show has been slightly alleviated, though not completely. Howard got face time (hilariously), but Leonard hasn't really had a story in a while, nor has Raj. It continues to be a Sheldon/Penny show. As a character person it bothers me that there isn't a lot of development for the side characters, but for the show it probably works, because most of the humor is found in Sheldon's behavior.
Bones --
Oh Bones! "Gather your squinterns!" Back to the witty banter and Brennan being slightly out there, and just Bonesy goodness. Gotta say the fact that they all got called back for Cam was good, but a little contrived. Still, the first episode was excellent and amusing (though, it annoyed me that the kidnapping case had the father as the bad guy, because I was like "But no! Colby would never do such a thing!" since Dylan Bruno was the actor). The second episode was actually amazing. I dislike Hannah because of the way she speaks, but appreciate that she speaks like she is writing something, which humanizes and characterizes her. But the really amazing part of the second episode was the way that the writers could finally begin to pull on some of the emotional strings they have been playing with for the past five years. Brennan's "I am the only one who is where they expected to be" and her in the bar at the end was heartbreakingly good. Way to have pay off for your hard work Bones. Now, don't blow it, as you are prone to do.
Glee I'm not going to talk about because they upset me by falling back into their usual annoying pattern. 30 Rock was done well, but nothing in particular to talk about with them. I think that's all I've watched. Maybe I'll do an episode recap soon. Maybe not. We'll see. ;)
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