Blues.

[readingredhead]

Erm.  Well.  Somehow I've managed to make it to my first noveling slump.  I'm just a little over 9k and I'm not sure what happens next.

Or rather, I am sure what happens next, but I don't want it to happen next any more because two of my main characters just got into an argument that wasn't supposed to happen and now if what was going to happen next actually does happen next it'll be far too depressing...and possibly a little anticlimactic.

Why won't the characters just behave and do what I want/need them to do?  Is it really such a bother?

Also I'm frustrated because Rebecca's story seems to be moving along quite smoothly with no real problems, except for the fact that she's writing a comedy instead of a tragedy that she initially thought she was writing.  I hate it that small things like that annoy me, but they do.

Also also, I forgot my sleep mask.  That sounds funny, but I like to wear it when I write sometimes so that I type without being able to see the screen.  The experience of the words seems both more real and more fleeting when I type blind.  I think it really helps me out--for whatever reason it's rather soothing, knowing that you're not expected to fix the mistakes you've been making until a later date.  I just typed the last few sentences with my eyes closed and it feels so good in a way I hadn't remembered.  Probably there are a buttload of misspellings and bad punctuation but that doesn't matter because the words feel so much more real when I don't see them.

And in the end there were only two mistakes in that entire set of blind sentences that I had to go back and fix.  I'm just so comfortable with the keyboard that I don't really need my eyes--indeed I probably make more mistakes with them opened than with them closed.

So for the next half an hour, at least, I'm going to go and just write.

Comments

[alexandria-skye.livejournal.com]

that's such a cool idea--typing blind i mean. do you have a bandana?

just so you know, i haven't forgotten about your "cold war" story. i just haven't finished it... haha sorry.

have fun with writing, and good luck :)

[readingredhead.livejournal.com]

No bandana. :( But I'll find something I can use. I may have a scarf? That would look funny outside of my own room...but then again, so would anything else. And really, I look funny enough already that people would probably just dismiss it as "normal."

Don't worry about still working on that story, it's not a big deal. I'm so busy this November that I haven't had much time to worry about getting things published anyway.

Thanks for the encouragement! I think I've managed to leave my slump behind.

[cucumber-eyes89.livejournal.com]

Let the book lead you, my friend.
Nanowrimo is all about direct connection from mind to hand to paper.

[readingredhead.livejournal.com]

This is true. Thanks for the reminder.

[cucumber-eyes89.livejournal.com]

Any time. :) Good luck.