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Just thought the world should know:
I'm not behind in NaNoWriMo yet, but I am so far off my original pace I fear I may be soon. If writing were a verb like walking, I'd say: "Suddenly, it feels like I am writing through a big lake of treacle."
I am hoping that it's just a deep puddle of Treacle in the middle of the road, and if I just push through, I'll get to dry ground again, soon, and maybe find a place to wash my proverbial shoes.
I have decided that if alchohol is known as "Dutch Courage," Chocolate should be called "Swiss Inspiration."
Edit: No, on second thought, I think that should be "Mexican Inspiration" since it was the Aztecs who introduced the poor, uncivilized Spaniards to the glory that is chocolate.
Also. I'll be right on track with the 30-day NaNoWriMo schedule if I reach 20,000 words by 11:59 pm, November 12. I'm at 19,338 right this moment. If I can get to 20,000 before midnight (which seems highly doable, if I don't stay up much longer; promised Manda-bear I'd come to bed as soon as I was finished with lj), I will take a break from actual writing at that point, and from then until midnight, I will do some planning, and lay out an outline with characters and synopsis of plot for the story from here on in, which is why, I think, I've gotten so bogged down -- I've been filling word counts without any forward momentum, and I'm getting bored with my own story -- just not as eager to visit it in my own head.
Then, on Sunday, I will treat NaNo as a race to write a 30,000 word novel in 18 days, instead of a 50,000 word novel in 30. That will be a lot less Daunting, I think.
Aside: If "Daunting" is a gerund, how come we never hear the word "Daunt" as a verb?
[Edit: On third thought: I think I really do like "Swiss courage" better. The Aztecs may have introduced chocolate to the Europeans, but the Swiss figured out how to make it into the sweet, milky solid we are so addicted to, today.
And yes, I know: "Daunting" is not a gerund (a noun masquerading as a verb), but an adjective. ... is there a special word (like 'gerund') for an adjective masquerading as a verb?
I'm not behind in NaNoWriMo yet, but I am so far off my original pace I fear I may be soon. If writing were a verb like walking, I'd say: "Suddenly, it feels like I am writing through a big lake of treacle."
I am hoping that it's just a deep puddle of Treacle in the middle of the road, and if I just push through, I'll get to dry ground again, soon, and maybe find a place to wash my proverbial shoes.
I have decided that if alchohol is known as "Dutch Courage," Chocolate should be called "Swiss Inspiration."
Edit: No, on second thought, I think that should be "Mexican Inspiration" since it was the Aztecs who introduced the poor, uncivilized Spaniards to the glory that is chocolate.
Also. I'll be right on track with the 30-day NaNoWriMo schedule if I reach 20,000 words by 11:59 pm, November 12. I'm at 19,338 right this moment. If I can get to 20,000 before midnight (which seems highly doable, if I don't stay up much longer; promised Manda-bear I'd come to bed as soon as I was finished with lj), I will take a break from actual writing at that point, and from then until midnight, I will do some planning, and lay out an outline with characters and synopsis of plot for the story from here on in, which is why, I think, I've gotten so bogged down -- I've been filling word counts without any forward momentum, and I'm getting bored with my own story -- just not as eager to visit it in my own head.
Then, on Sunday, I will treat NaNo as a race to write a 30,000 word novel in 18 days, instead of a 50,000 word novel in 30. That will be a lot less Daunting, I think.
Aside: If "Daunting" is a gerund, how come we never hear the word "Daunt" as a verb?
[Edit: On third thought: I think I really do like "Swiss courage" better. The Aztecs may have introduced chocolate to the Europeans, but the Swiss figured out how to make it into the sweet, milky solid we are so addicted to, today.
And yes, I know: "Daunting" is not a gerund (a noun masquerading as a verb), but an adjective. ... is there a special word (like 'gerund') for an adjective masquerading as a verb?
