So only 12 days left (!) and I am not even half way through. I have had a couple of days where I did not write anything and a few were I only did a little. The real issue, however, is that most days I have done under the 1600-1700 daily minimum. Right now my average is around 1200. This means some double down days over Thanksgiving (and hopefully no missed days). Eeeek.
On the plus side the story is still unfolding. It is not great literature (and may never be) but I can see where I can go with this one.
One thing is, after November, I am going to have to do some research into Edwardian England for this thing to hold together. It takes place around 1901.
One more note, so I am 44% of the way done and the big balloon in the picture that inspired me has yet to show up (!)
D H
Blog for D H Richards, Author of "Levels," and "The Hare, the Bow and the Girl"
Friday, November 20, 2015
Friday, November 13, 2015
About 13k words in for NANoWriMo
Ok, ok, so I am a bit behind. I have been averaging about 1200 words a day, need to be at 1600. But the good news is that the story is still unfolding (not hit any serious roadblocks).
The really cool part is that I have NO idea where this is going. It was inspired by the painting below. At first it was going to be a young lady and an adventurous guy... but then I realized they needed money, so it became about a young lady and her Grandfather going off to explore an old haunt of his. Then I read this article about the Bechdel Test:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechdel_test
I challenged myself to have more women characters. And so I added a country cousin come to visit (that is not exactly how the character ends up, but close enough). So, now it is more about two young women in Edwardian England who go on a ballooning adventure. They have to find a guy who once flew in the British Balloon force and saw a city in the clouds (not, uh.. Cloud City, btw). So far they have tracked down the guy, but wouldn't you know it, he gets kidnaped from under their noses. Turns out other parties want to find this city as well...
So, there you have it, so far. 13k words in, 37k more to go...!!!!
The really cool part is that I have NO idea where this is going. It was inspired by the painting below. At first it was going to be a young lady and an adventurous guy... but then I realized they needed money, so it became about a young lady and her Grandfather going off to explore an old haunt of his. Then I read this article about the Bechdel Test:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechdel_test
I challenged myself to have more women characters. And so I added a country cousin come to visit (that is not exactly how the character ends up, but close enough). So, now it is more about two young women in Edwardian England who go on a ballooning adventure. They have to find a guy who once flew in the British Balloon force and saw a city in the clouds (not, uh.. Cloud City, btw). So far they have tracked down the guy, but wouldn't you know it, he gets kidnaped from under their noses. Turns out other parties want to find this city as well...
So, there you have it, so far. 13k words in, 37k more to go...!!!!
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Follow me for National Novel Writing Month
November is National Novel Writing Month - a somewhat silly but real thing where you try to write a 50k word novel in a month. I am three days in and at about 5k words for a new novel, tentatively (and lamely) entitled "The Great Balloon Adventure." It is a Steampunk Ballooning story.
Follow me, DHRichards at http://nanowrimo.org if you want!
Follow me, DHRichards at http://nanowrimo.org if you want!
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