NaNoWriMo 2009 Day 21

[ladyseishou]

Day 21 - 9 days remaining

Never look at a blank page for more than two minutes. Write something. Anything. Even garbage will get your neurons firing. Eventually it's apt to morph into something useful.

- Liz Carlyle



The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog...
Well at least it warms the fingers up and takes away the paralyzing power of the blank page! My favorite trick is to describe what the character is wearing and why it's appropriate for the scene. It gets me into the writing from a cold start and it helps bring a little color to a scene that sometimes gets taken over by action and dialogue.

An excerpt from today's work:

Lord Alric wore a dark rough linen skirt with a tattered edge that hung so low that it swept over the cobbled streets as he walked through the market stalls. His jacket was a surprising pale green silk with two rows of tiny brass buttons that suited his vanity, borrowed from the pack of a merchant leaving the city.

This bit led quickly into a romp through the market as my characters chased down a suspected spy. I'm closing in on my climatic scene!

And how is everyone doing today? Today's word count is 35,000! Is today a day to catch up? Surge ahead? Excerpts? Questions? Comments? It's all good! Keep writing!