Ready. Set. Write! (Goals for Week 8)
HOW I DID ON LAST WEEK'S GOALS
In my last RSW post I said I was going to try my best to make myself write and last week...I wrote! I didn't get a lot done because I was busy packing for school but I did get some words written for both Unfair and Love in the Time of Comic Con, which I'm happy about. I hope I can get a lot more wordage written this week.
MY GOALS FOR THIS WEEK
Write, write, write!
A FAVORITE LINE FROM MY STORY OR ONE WORD/PHRASE THAT SUMS UP WHAT I WROTE/REVISED
Relationships. Particularly family and friend relationships. Both play a very important role in my wips, so the dynamics of both have been fun to play around with. It's also nice that my MC in Unfair has a guy friend that is just a friend. Often times, I read stories where the guy best friend turns into a love interest and, while I don't mind when that happens, I do want to see more stories where the guy friend is just a friend because those kinds of relationships do exist.
THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE I FACED THIS WEEK
It isn't really a *challenge* but I kept coming up with a lot of SNIs. If I were the same writer a year ago, I probably would've dropped everything and started working on it but I simply just jotted them down and moved on. Inspiration is a wonderful thing but sometimes, when I get inspired, I just want to write ALL THE THINGS.
SOMETHING I LOVE ABOUT MY WIP
I love that I can let my imagination run wild. Because that's pretty much what I'm doing with Unfair. I don't really outline, so most of what is going in the first draft is from the top of my head. That's how I wrote stories as a kid, so it feels good to be writing that way now.
I hope
everyone had a productive week. Good luck with this one!
9 comments
I have the same SNI problem and what I've learned to do is keep separate folders for all those shiny new ideas, jot notes on post-its when ideas strike, and file them in their respective folders. But I do love SNIs! And yay for all the progress! Keep writing! And I hope you have another great week!
REPLYGreat job on the words! I always get hit by Shiny New Ideas mid-draft, so I do what Alison suggests and make a folder/notebook/scrivener document for each of them and only start working on them when I have time!
REPLYSNIs do seem to run rampant when you're busy working on something else, right? But it's good you're not following them down the rabbit hole! Good luck writing this week! :)
REPLYUh, I have the opposite SNI problem. It takes me FOREVER to come up with (what I hope will be) a viable idea. You're lucky to have an explosion of them, and I hope you find time to do them all justice! Best of luck with your goals this week!
REPLYYay for writing by the seat of your pants! Love your title--Love in the Time of Comic Con. I'd read it based on that alone ;). Hope this week is productive for you!
REPLYCongrats on writing! Good luck with your goals this week!
REPLYI love that you've written a guy-girl relationship that doesn't morph into romance. While I love to see that happen in a lot of books I read, I agree that it's nice to have them stay friends too. Good job squeezing in some writing this week! And resisting the pull of SNIs too. I have so many ideas for stories, but like you, I've resorted to just jotting them down instead of caving like I once might have. Hope you have a wonderful week, Raven! :D
REPLYLove in the Time of Comic Con is an AMAZING title! I'm guessing it's contemp. romance? ;)
REPLYMy MC in my current WIP has a guy friend who is just a friend, too! As I like to say "he's that Secondary Character that no MC wants to admit is right." I think writers ought to write the characters, then see if romance springs between them, rather than going in with romance in mind. Okay, I just wrote a kiss between those two, but it's used to distract the antagonist and neither of them are comfortable with it, simply because there is no chemistry that I've felt as a writer,
relationships are so important to the story, and I love family and friendships. Glad you were able to get some writing in during a busy week. Have a great week!
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