Preface - I am dyslexic (yes a dyslexic writer how odd) please forgive character transpositions I fix them when I catch them but my brain doesn't always catch them. (yeah yeah yeah I can always do this in something with a spell check and copy paste but I'm too damned lazy sometimes and others I'm just in a hurry to get everything down)
Since I could speak I loved telling stories.
Making characters and worlds have always been a passion, but I've always been half assed about it and Since I'm trying to remake the man I am into the man I can look at in the mirror it makes sense. Get serious about my story telling.
I try NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month aka November to the sane) every year and I fail miserably every year. For those that aren't aware please check out www.nanowrimo.org - It'll do more justice than I can but I'll still sum up here. Starting midnight November 1st through Midnight December 1st (11-1 through 11-30) you start writing your novel, and you win or finish if you can complete at least fifty-thousand words. The key is to turn off that perfectionist block and just write, it doesn't have to be 50K of brilliance it just has to be 50K. If I remember correctly the average length for a first time novelist through most publishing houses is right around 100K. NaNoWriMo isn't supposed to be something you can publish right at the end of the month. Writing a work is only the first step. Rewriting and sometimes rewriting again and again factor into the equation too. That's the beautiful thing about writing it doesn't have to be perfect first time through you get chances to fix things.
A writing book I once read states there is no such thing as good writing there is only good rewriting. It also mentions that a good deal of "writer's block" out there is actually perfectionist's block instead. You have to get that perfect word or scene before you move on. That's my problem is that I feel I have to have it right first time. Yes I am a dumbass. I'm trying to move beyond that dumbassitude and into actually writing. We'll see if I can make it or not.
Mur Lafferty in her podcast I Should Be Writing at http://isbw.murlafferty.com says it best -It's Okay to suck, you're going to suck.
What she means by this is not that you suck don't try this at home leave it to professionals. It that when you learned to walk did you start out doing a hundred meter dash in 3 seconds? No you stumbled you fell you LEARNED along the way. Writing is no different a process. You're gonna stumble you're gonna fall but get up dust yourself off and keep at it. Writing is one of those great things in life that you get to do over. God knows there are so many Do-Overs that I'd love to have - most of them embarrassing situations from HS - But that's another post for another day. Basically I want to get back into the habit of writing. When my mental well seems depleted and I can't get my fiction to flow I'll try to update and post over here. Basically if one channel closes off on me I'll force myself to go a different avenue this way I still get writing done and force myself to get words out. Make the writing habit if you will so that I can force my chaotic mind into a more scheduled task. Plus if I can set aside a couple hours a night later in the evening I can prolly get my wife and kids to let me actually write instead of just become more frustrated that I can't get anything out.
**Warning Annoying Fanboy type crap follows**
Personal Note: To Scott Sigler, J.C. Hutchins, Mur Lafferty, Chris Lester, Tee Morris, Phillipa Ballentine, P.G. Holyfield, J.D. Sawyer, and any other influece I have forgotten to mention. Thank you. You are all excellent authors / podcasters. You are an inspiration, and I love listening to / reading your works, I can't wait for more.
Well now that I have gotten that out of the way I have some ideas I need to work on.... wow this did work to prime that mental pump to get some fiction flowing.... we'll see if it's sweet nectar (doubt it) or at the very least some rough vodka we can mix up with something else to make something tasty yet intoxicating.
