Oct. 29, 2009 - NaNoWriMo Troubles Already
In a last desperate attempt she put her iPod on shuffle and decided to take a different path than usual. Turning the corner she walked slowly, listening to songs she had not heard in ages and thinking thoughtfully of why she could not come up with any inspiration - or enthusiasm . Then, she caught her breath. There, just across the street from her there was a little corner of the world where the grass was hidden from veiw by a layering of leaves - pink and orange and red blending to make an unmatched hue of peace and calm.
The tree above still held some of it's precious leaves, which created a roof of the same color. And there, dancing and spinning and twirling in joy was Maud - her muse. She looked enviously as she walked past, thinking of all the ideas waiting there with Maud, and thinking of her characters - wishing the feeling would never leave. But as she looked to the left of her, there was inspiration too. Was it possible to have two muses, she wondered? For there, alongside the cool gray stone mansion, surrounded by pale green grass was another muse - different, but just as inspiring - sitting atop a small pile of small boulders, with a carpet of yellowing leaves at his feet.
That could be Callan's manor, she thought happily.
She walked up and down the street for several more minutes - then took a quick stroll down the middle of a street. It was then that it hit her - or rather, Emily appeared again. For the first time in a year Emily was before her again - begging for a second chance. Willing - even - to become older, wiser, more mature; and, to take a friend along - a chum.
But her authoress could not decide. She had promised Callan a last try - he deserved one, didn't he? But how, oh how! was she to write a book for which she had no inspiration, no motivation - and very little desire?
The above is a creative, rather coded way of saying that I am torn between several stories - Emily's, Callan's and then Bayards (he wasn't mentioned in the above :D). I have no idea which story to do and NaNo is only two days away! *screams*
Should I write a brief summery of each? I think I will:
It's mostly the first two I'm wrestling between. This is my last chance to save Callan, but I'm not inspired for his story, and I am for Emily's. Besides that, I'm not sure if I even want to save Callan's story anymore, but I can't bare to let go of it! Any sugestions would be great!
~ Katie
Comments
Oct. 31, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Posted by LauraComfort
Ooh, you do have a predicament. *insert Laura pondering here*
Y'know, I once had a problem like yours. Except I wasn't doing NaNoWriMo. But I had started a new story, and I was wildly inspired for it, etc. But then my other book started protesting because I had left it. I really really wanted to make them separate books, but after a struggle I realized that if I took the characters and elements from my old book idea, then it would make my other books richer and better. :-D If you don't want to do Callan's story, then don't! Some ideas were simply not meant to be written. Take the characters and elements from Callan's story and mix them into the other ideas.
And personally, I think you should do Emily's story. ;-)
Hope this helped...
~Laura
Nov. 21, 2009 - Untitled Comment
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