NaNoWriMo 2010 - Day 5

[ladyseishou]

Day 5 - 25 days remaining

I do a first draft as passionately and as quickly as I can.
I believe a story is valid only when it's immediate and passionate,
when it dances out of your subconscious.

If you interfere in any way, you destroy it.

- Ray Bradbury



A popular writing aid that is a favorite for many Wrimos is Dr. Wicked's web site: Write or Die, a particularly fiendish creation wherein you type in a word count goal and a time and start to write. Simple enough, right?

Well the catch is that if you stop writing there are evil consequences that range from annoying pop-ups that remind you to keep writing to a mode that will actually erase your hard work if you dally too long.

I think what work bests about this method is the incentive it provides to keep you writing, that the fear (or annoyance) of "punishment" actually acts to beat down the voice in your head that urges you to stop, rewrite, rethink, redo... In other words, it helps you help yourself to kill your "inner editor" so that the words of your story can flow, immediate and raw, passionate and real.

And there will be typos. For me, lots of typos. And your characters may not stick with your original outline, change sex, and adopt a new point of view. But if you give them the chance, who knows what new really cool stuff you'll discover?

Today's Word Count: 8,333! Did you beat it? Tell us about it! Excerpts? Questions? Frustrations? Amusing typos?

...Keep Writing!

Comments

[ladyseishou]

How open are you to a little random stuff? How about trying the Room/Location Generator at Seventh Sanctum here - for inspiration or just maybe for a smile/giggle contemplating how your character might handle the idea that she had an appointment to meet someone at the "Clockwork Tower of Lucidity"?

Good luck! I know that you and your MC will work it out!

[dark_kana]

I love random stuff! :-)
And that generator is hilarious! ^^ Thanks for giving me the link to it! :-) If I have to believe it, my MC has to go to the "Mine of the Wise Alchemist". *snickers* Priceless. Perhaps I can work something out with the help of this generator. XD

Thanks! I'm sure we will. One day. ^^ Though if I know her a little, she probably wants to chase the world and chase the sun... *grins* So, I think I'm going ot let her... ^^;

[ladyseishou]

You're welcome! Happy to hear that it might help!

[medicalmouse]

I had that open while I was trying to write out a more detailed outline and it was surprisingly helpful! Obviously what it gives you is really over-the-top, but it gave me good ideas for scenes in locations I'd mentioned but hadn't thought to explore in detail (a chapel, the mines, etc.)