Write

Recently the necessity of writing was impressed upon me. I'm at a point where I've restated my book AGAIN. This is like, the fifth time I've done this. It's unavoidable in my mind though. I write and get ideas straight, but then my old ideas remain crooked. That's when I restart.

The other thing I hear and read about authors all the time is that writing from beginning to finish is the goal before going back and doing all the revision and rewriting. I just feel like I'd rather invest in the best ideas and characters rather than continuing to develop the poor ones.

In fact, my most recent restart rolls multiple characters into one, portrays the characters much better than before now, and has changed a lot of the old storyline. I think that sometimes rolling a whole bunch of characters and their actions into the same character makes for a much richer, more multi- dimensional individual. That's what I did and that's why I did it.

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No writing today. I need to figure something out before I go on. Keeping with the characters sometimes makes it difficult to get on with the story, but doing what they're supposed to do actually creates waaay better story--so I've learned to trust my characters. I stumbled into a rivalry that I had already identified, but I hadn't really been allowing the character with the grudge to be herself. While writing last night, that grudge popped up and I went with it. It's not come to a head or really affected anything yet, but there is now tension in a place that previously had no tension. This whole part of the story, once a piece that I considered uneventful, has now become very involved. Each scene in the book seems to take on a life that demands further consideration and work. That's okay, I'm in no hurry to make a book, I'm in for creating a real story.

Right now, I have to consider what one of the characters is going to try to do. He's gone rogue and has basically forsaken everything for a reason that is yet unknown (a reason that I can't ignore, but that I'm planning for a later book). His motivations obviously tell me that he'll attempt, at least once more, to prevent the current band of characters from travelling to their destination (a destination I thought I'd have arrived at way sooner than is actually the case).

So, more thinking before I go on. I have to delve into the complexities of the scenario. The obstacles for attempting to stop the travelers are really significant, so that weighs in to the decision to carry out a seemingly foolish intervention. This character is not foolish, so...considerations...

New Look

This week will likely be extremely difficult. There's school, work (catch up and huge projects), side-work, and packing. I've been waiting for this to come and now it's finally here. So let's see how well it progresses.

In writing, I've taken inspiration from my little sister who's been putting down hundreds and thousands of words each day on her novel. Check her progress here: 100 Days to Write a Novel. I actually revamped my story a bit to fit what I've been planning and then kept writing on it and have managed to generate 3,000+ words. That's pretty cool.

My book is going to be a massive undertaking and it's also going to be the first in a series, so 3,000 words might not seem like a whole lot, but I've been dying to get back into writing and just haven't had the time or energy to do it. Well, this goes to show you that even in the hardest times, you can still find windows of time to write. I may be avoiding school work to do it, but at least I'm doing it.

Wish me luck as I continue to chip away at book one of the Atomorpher story. I'm at over 26 thousand words and planning to keep it up as well as I can.

I've also updated the look of my blog and added some features for sharing content here. It needed it. If you happen to stop by, drop a comment and let me know you were here and what you think of the new look.

Writer's Obstacles

I'm currently exploding with creativity. I haven't really written in weeks. As always, I'm constantly churning over ideas concerning my storyline, but at some point I need to pick the story back up. With work, school, side-work, moving, and more, I barely have time to catch my breath.

Notes have been my only defense. I've been writing notes with furious intensity. I've devised a description for an ancient city on Kad'el called Delmenon. It happens to have been a city of Nhabics where Nhabic enchanting spiraled out of control to the point where the city rebuilds itself, buildings shift and move around without rhyme or reason, and the supposedly mindless Nhabic elemental servants seem to manifest and move about the city on unknown missions. Throughout the millennia, the city has obtained a reputation for being haunted, has been equated to hell, and has been blamed for the disappearances of a number of travellers and explorers.

I've also fleshed out combat quite a bit, as well as the accessories used in warfare and fights. Swords that are Nhabically enchanted can, for instance, pass straight through the shielding of an Atomorpher. The Nhabic Sikkorum garments are also more clear to me.

I did actually rewrite the first combat scene in the book as a means of showing the reader a true glimpse of what it's like for two, extremely competent Atomorphers to engage in combat. Now, the reader can see numerous previews of what its to come.

Anyway, I'm just biding my time till things calm a bit and I'm able, finally, to really write.

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Beef Stew

So, I jumped on here a few days ago and was looking at some of my old blog posts and I ran across one that I wrote over a year ago. I was skimming through when I came across the following statement:

Note to self: Maggie made stew tonight and it was DELICIOUS. Don't ever think you didn't like it, cause you did.

Now, prior to reading that, I thought that I wasn't a fan of stew--obviously I told myself to remember because I know myself and I realized that I'd revert to thinking that I wasn't a fan again. So, I told Maggie that we should have Stew to test the statement. I didn't actually believe myself..I figured there must have been an intruder on my blog.

Well, follow-up note to self: Maggie made stew tonight and it was DELICIOUS. Don't ever think you didn't like it, cause you did.