Now
that I've temporarily wrapped up Tornado C and Will Vullerman, I'm
finally freed up to focus on The Prophecies again.
The
Prophecies is what I would now describe as a prose-ugly saga that
will require so much revision that it's not even funny. (That being
said, it has some good points, among them being cool names and really
fun dialogue.) It is a wild tale, which may be one reason why it's
an almost exclusively NaNoWriMo-written series.
After
working on the heavily descriptive prose of Tornado C, however, the
style of The Prophecies is radically different. Like Tornado C, I
tend to focus on dialogue; however, the prose is very sparse and
describes just enough to move the story along, a result of my
2k-a-day writing rushes. Thus, the focus of the novel is not on
character or theme (although there is some of both in this novel,
especially theme) but plot. It's my dabble in plot-first writing, so
to speak.
In
some ways, this is refreshing. Writing in one style can be boring,
in the same way that reading the same style for a number of different
books can become tedious. (For instance, Bryan Davis's prose is
almost the same in every single one of his fantasy books, his first
two novels excluded. It gets old after a while.)
Right
now, however, I have to finish last year's NaNoNovel, The Prophecy of
Einarr, before I can continue brainstorming for Book Three in the
series, The Voice of God. (Unfortunately, once I reached 50k last
year, I completely dropped the project...in the middle of a scene.)
A couple days back I finished that scene. It was somewhat difficult,
since I had to switch my “style glasses”. Imagine what it would
be like if I suddenly switched styles mid-book! Yagh! No, sir! So
I'm getting used to brief prose and little description again.
Right
now, I'm not quite focusing on excellence, like I did with Tornado C
– I have to finish the book in less than two weeks, and I have at
least four to five sizable chapters left to write. (Don't worry,
they're not Tornado C-sized chapters. The Prophecies, also unlike
Tornado C, is characterized by fairly short chapters.) Then, I
brainstorm!
How
are you preparing for NaNoWriMo? Is anyone else trying to tie up
loose ends before starting? (Is anyone else starting to panic
because they have zero ideas for their NaNoNovel? :P)
Oh, whew, I'm not the only one panicking!
ReplyDeleteGood ideas are hard to come by... =(
ReplyDeleteI've never been able to finish a story before. Which raises the question: What will make this year's NaNo different?
So maybe panicking isn't the right word choice. Maybe we're looking at something more along the lines of "deep, slow agony of the non-inspired".
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ReplyDeleteIt never even occured to me that I can write in different styles... When I write the words just tend to flow out. Sometimes it's more descriptive. Sometimes it's more dialogue focused.... But it's definitely me.
I guess it makes sense... In writing class, we're learning about essays and my teacher gently told me I had to step out of my personality to write my essays because you can tell that my essays are written by me and essays are supposed to be general, not personal. Hee hee whoops...
Anyway, good luck with NaNoWriMo! I can't quite decide if I want to take part in it or if I'm too busy this year. I'm planning my novel just in case.
Don't you hate it when you stop writing in the middle of a scene, leave the project, come back to it later and can't remember where you left off? That happens to me all the time. Except that instead of stopping in the middle of scenes, I stop in the middle of sentences. Extremely not good.
This is going to be my second year to do NaNoWriMo. Last year, I decided to do it three days before November 1st. o_O Needless to say, I am finding this year to be a lot easier because I have a lot more time to brainstorm and outline my novel.
ReplyDeleteBut I am rereading last year's novel so I can get back into those character's heads and my old writing style. I am writing the sequel to last year's, which I wrote in 3rd person limited. The novel I am currently working on is written in alternating 1st person.
Good luck with your novel! And good luck surviving NaNo! :P
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