NaNoWriMo 2009 Day 12

[ladyseishou]

Day 12 - 18 days remaining

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.

~ E.L. Doctorow



So do your friends think that you're a bit crazy, Nano Writer?

Today's quotation was submitted by Nano Writer mbeancntr (thanks!). For myself, I admit to spontaneous and seemingly unprovoked cursing as I go through my day, a little absentminded, because my characters are whining and moaning at me about the latest plot twist I have planned. The best (read "less embarrassing") time for this to happen is while I'm in the shower but I have been called on it while engaged in conversation with a NWF (Non Writing Friend) and I suddenly ask to be excused to write something down.

And don't even get me started about the times that I've tried to explain to NWFs about NaNoWriMo. Most of them now know that November is "that time" and to leave me to it...

Speaking of which, the word count today is 20,000! It's a nice even number! How is everyone doing? Excerpts? Questions? Comments? Spontaneous cursing?

Keep writing!

Comments

[dame_grise]

Today I am starting at just under 13000 words, so a bit behind. I'm trying to write enough each day that the total I have to write each day to finish stays under 2k and hopefully creeps closer to 1667. I'm not giving up because the people are still chattering in my head, although I don't like my villain. But since he's my only villain I kind of had to use him or not have one.

Where do people find good villains? They don't grow on trees.

[angryoldhag]

I've given up on villains all together. Mine just turned out to be a good guy who's trying to save his people from chaos (and his own head from being separated from his shoulders) and have his method of doing this conflict with my main character's wish for survival.

[ladyseishou]

Your villain is the best kind of antagonist. And consequentially makes for a really great story.

[ladyseishou]

You know I came across a discussion about The Wizard of Oz which proposed that the villain of the story wasn't really the Wicked Witch but rather the Great Oz as he was actually the one that stood between Dorthy and what she really wanted which was to go home. The witch only wanted the shoes.

Villains and bad guys don't have to be evil - just be the one in the story that keeps the protagonist from getting what he or she really wants. Why and how is what makes the story.