Today on the procrastination list

While I'm wasting time, I decided to clean out my in boxes in my e-mail accounts.

Some 6 thousand e-mails later I'm mostly done. Mostly as in maybe another 2000 to get rid of.

Part of the inspiration for that was that a few times recently I've managed to not be able to find a few e-mails that I needed. One was an art design I needed for a comission (albeit a tiny one of a few dollars), which I just resent because I couldn't find it. The other is a series of links for suppliers for materials I need for projects. I know I sent it to myself in an e-mail, I just can't seem to find it and may have to surrender to the fact that it's gone and I'll have to hunt up a new list of suppliers.

I'm still at a startling 2000 words for this currant Nanowrimo. Though I have reread my first nano winner through. It gave me some mixed feelings.

It was definately not as good as I remember it, with too much narration and even that wondered from the point too often or failed to communicate the concept properly at times.

It was also way too focused on "and thens". Meaning that it was racing from one tense scene to another.

The good news is I can now look at the story and butcher it. Cut it into meal portions. Those narration parts could be turned into story sequences that "show not tell" the story. Which will only help to space out the tension and racing pace a bit more.

Some good things I noticed thus far is that the characters seem well defined and consistant, and the story concept kept me wanting to follow it to it's conclusion.

The end needs a huge rewritethough.

It also helps me to see these things and realise that a novel can be written and clumbsy at first draft and still bring into being a good finished product after redrafting and editing. Which gives me permission to just plow through the writing of my current two.

That really is the point of nanowrimo. To get it done no matter how sloppy and then fix it. Because to apologise and make amends is easier than getting permission. essentially if you wait to get everything perfect and try to get approval at every step of the way you will never get anywhere in writing.

Barf it up all over the page and then feel embarrassed, apologetic and then make it better. Because once it exists the rest is just fixing. and we all know books and movies that where bad, but could be fix if...

That's my thought for the day. Now I'm off to update Goober nice to Meep you. Set up some info for updating the people of the clear waters again. Then Get home and ready the next PotCW for scan and post tomorrow. Then read a bit of my past novels and mark them up with pens. Plan my writing my new novels out for tomorrow and get my food ready for work and then get some rest.

Tomorrow I've got to mail something and then head to work. Update a comic and then it's writing time, serious this time. I'm going to push hard. My hope is that by the end of the month I will have on the order of 150,000 words and possably more saved up. One part of which will be a better if not final draft of "For want of an Anchor".

Another part of it will hopefuully be a finished draft of "Dear me, You have forgotten yourself. Love You."
I really hope to not have to redraft that one as the style is very destinct and I think integral to the story. But Lets get it done, then give it a year so that when I go back over it I will be able to tighten it in any place it needs it.

And then of course I'll have two new novels. Last years Novels will be on the repair list for next year. Though I will likely scrap one of them and focus on finishing "Attirs War".

That's not mentioning script frenzy. I've got to think about those during april. I've got at least three favorites that could use a redraft and cleanup. Then It's time to start shopping some of these around.

See you maybe tomorrow.
Take care of yourselves,
Roving Jack