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Post by lionhuntermo on Mar 4, 2012 15:33:30 GMT -5
Why does this always happen to me??
>begin rant<
So I felt it was pretty realistic and such with the way Sam reacted to seeing dragons and all the little niceties that went along with it. Ninek had a few complaints about Sam and Tali's argument and Sam's agreeing to see a psychiatrist, but I stand by those (probably because I'm too lazy to rewrite the scenes).
Now out of no where, the dragon leaves for two days because Sam told him to. Then when she sees him again, everything is good. She's not freaked out that she sees him at all: in fact, she prefers her dreams with him rather than her own life (sort of understandable seeing as how messed up I made it. And I haven't even gotten to the best parts yet).
It just... GAH. It's no unrealistic! And my only excuse is "She's stressed. She's crazy. She's upset."
Sigh...
>end rant<
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Post by RJA on Mar 4, 2012 18:23:33 GMT -5
*hugs* my advice; just keep writing! Sometimes it makes no sense, but that's life as well! And maybe if you keep writing it starts te make sense again or you come up with new things.
If it still feels wrong in the end, everything is fixable whilt you're editting!
"You can fix a bad page. You can't fix a blank one." Nora Roberts
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Post by lionhuntermo on Mar 4, 2012 18:41:13 GMT -5
Very true... Thanks... ><
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Post by RJA on Mar 4, 2012 18:58:58 GMT -5
That's why we join these boards right. To suport eachother  And you've written 9k already, which is a great word count and loads of words to go to make your novel make sense ^_^ -Yeah being in front of schedule makes me quite cheery haha- |
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Post by lionhuntermo on Mar 4, 2012 19:09:26 GMT -5
Same! Well, the first... around 10k, probably won't even really matter, because my MC travels to another world and can't get back. So these first... 10-ish chapters are just to send her off and for her to reflect on later... ><
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Post by RJA on Mar 4, 2012 19:11:14 GMT -5
True! You've got so much more novel to come to change the content! You can edit the first part after finishing your first draft. That is, if you'd still want to!
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Post by lionhuntermo on Mar 4, 2012 19:19:08 GMT -5
I dunno... I still haven't gotten around to editing my NaNo yet, so... :S
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Post by RJA on Mar 4, 2012 20:21:47 GMT -5
Ah - I never edit either haha. But that's what I keep telling myself when something sucks in my novel. the 'I'll fix that later' idea keeps me going ^_^
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Post by sandi on Mar 5, 2012 13:17:31 GMT -5
That makes sense to me. You never really realize what you've got until it's gone...
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Post by Agent Double Oh Zero on Mar 5, 2012 22:40:05 GMT -5
Don't worry if it doesn't make sense at this stage! It's still your first draft. :-) You should see the pile of crap that is my own novel...if "novel" you can call it. It's really just a collection of scene snippets. I don't even know what things happen in what order yet!
As Ms. Frizzle says, 'Take chances! Make mistakes! get messy!' You can do that with impunity in the first draft. Just make a note of the things you need to fix as you go along, and then go back and fix them later. :-) It'll turn out fine! ^^
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Post by lionhuntermo on Mar 5, 2012 23:08:37 GMT -5
Haha the scene snippits is sooo me.
But I know, I know. Its just discouraging...
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Post by Agent Double Oh Zero on Mar 5, 2012 23:26:04 GMT -5
I totally understand that. I just take a look at what I have and I feel like I'm not making any progress. But then again, it's a huge undertaking. =P If you think of all the prewriting, writing, editing, and rewriting you have to do to get a finished product, then of course it seems discouraging. =(
I have to quote Dori here: "Just keep swimming, just keep swimming..." :-D
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Post by RJA on Mar 6, 2012 16:10:43 GMT -5
Dory!!! <3 <3 <3 "What do we do we swim, swim, swim" ^_^ You officially made my day just now! And yea, all those scene snippits. I try to keep writing nowadays. I used to just skip huge parts and never write it in the end. But sometimes I still have to, just to keep going - swimming |
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Post by lionhuntermo on Mar 6, 2012 16:49:28 GMT -5
Dori... Magic School Bus... What's next? XD
I used to just write the scenes I liked or had planned, and then I would get bored and leave. Almost did it with TWB, actually...
Oh, and I just found out that my MC has violent tendencies. And I *just* realized she got that from her father (even though I'm right in the middle of the scene revealing his drinking problems.). Wow. Am I the only one who does that? (As off topic as this is...) I find all these random little connections that I must have made subconsciously, like the violent-ness, and all the random bits with mirrors, etc. Hrr...
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Post by RJA on Mar 6, 2012 17:18:18 GMT -5
Nope, my characters 'develop' during the writing process as well haha. My MC was never ment to be falling for her other boyfriend  - oh she's a spy by the way, pretending to be with someone to gain his trust before you think; huh? Óther boyfriend?- ^_^ |
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And you've written 9k already, which is a great word count and loads of words to go to make your novel make sense ^_^
- oh she's a spy by the way, pretending to be with someone to gain his trust before you think; huh? Óther boyfriend?- ^_^