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“I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse.”
― Mario Puzo, The Godfather
“A man is like a novel: until the very last page you don't know how it will end. Otherwise it wouldn't even be worth reading.”
― Yevgeny Zamyatin, We
“If you surround yourself with the good and righteous, they can only raise you up. If you surround yourself with the others, they will drag you down into the doldrums of mediocrity, and they will keep you there, but only as long as you permit it.”
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Today marks the beginning of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). For some, it has begun yesterday. You've plotted it all out, debated with yourself about your characters, the story you wish to tell, the twists and turns each novel requires, perhaps even participated in the OctoPrep in order to get a better grasp on what you want to tell your reader and how to go about it.
Now you sit in front of your computer and the story flows from you. Not a worry in the world, nothing to stop you. You'll type away and tell it all, hide nothing, reveal it all. When you're done and the month is over, you'll look at your finished project and be proud of what you've accomplished in such a short time!
Then a year or so goes by and when you look at your writing again, you realize there are many mistakes, plot holes, missing parts such as descriptions, or you forgot to think about the five senses and your perfect writing doesn't look so perfect any longer.
There is hope for you yet!
When starting your writing, don't approach the entire story right away. Capture it moment by moment, scene by precious scene. Paint the picture for each, show what you want your reader to see, feel, hear, smell, taste! While it appears that life is an ongoing motion picture, it is possible to capture each moment differently. Each scene is different and requires a new element. Consider it.
Writing a good story will take time. It will roll into scenes, chapters, different views. Take a breather when you write it all. Don't rush yourself by trying to get it all down at once. Whenever a producer is making a movie he doesn't necessarily start with the first scene, then the second, and so forth. There are times where the last scene will be filmed first, then something that is more toward the beginning, then back to the middle. Why? It's inspiration. It has to do with what they picture in their mind. If they think it's good, they'll go straight to that part rather than torturing themselves with a scene they can't get inspired to create.
Do the same thing to your writing! Have a scene in mind? Like what you see? Write it! Later on you can connect the dots and rearrange the pieces to your liking, then add to it. It will save you time from feeling the writer's block kicking in, when that is not the real case. You see the ending but not the middle? Write it! Be done with it, then come back to what you need.
It is all about perception. If we feel trapped, then we will be trapped even if we know our way out. Doing things outside of the box can help you achieve your goal faster and you can do it with more accuracy.
'Til next time!
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2012 NaNo novel, first draft finished. Literary fiction
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