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Coming up with ideas
Oct. 7th, 2010 09:19 pmPerhaps the place I'm working is sucking my spirit dry, and that's why I'm not coming up with any good ideas. Except I am. I have loads of ideas kicking about but none of them seem to suggest an actual story. I have settings. I have characters None of the characters really fit any of the settings. None of them want to do anything.
Part of my problem is that I want to be too clever. I enjoy writing conspiracy thrillers and YA fantasy stuff. But I've done that before. Twice. Knowing you can write a 50000 word novel in 30 days takes the challenge out of it. I need a new challenge. I need to prove to myself that I can do something else. I need something extra to make things harder.
Aiming for a higher word count is not an option. I need a challenge in addition to the word count. One that I'm forced to stick with and the 50k words as checked by Nano's word fairy will confirm that I've achieved. both the 50000 words and the additional requirement.
What would be a good challenge?
Should I take on the "Where the hell are my pants" challenge from a couple of years back?
Part of my problem is that I want to be too clever. I enjoy writing conspiracy thrillers and YA fantasy stuff. But I've done that before. Twice. Knowing you can write a 50000 word novel in 30 days takes the challenge out of it. I need a new challenge. I need to prove to myself that I can do something else. I need something extra to make things harder.
Aiming for a higher word count is not an option. I need a challenge in addition to the word count. One that I'm forced to stick with and the 50k words as checked by Nano's word fairy will confirm that I've achieved. both the 50000 words and the additional requirement.
What would be a good challenge?
Should I take on the "Where the hell are my pants" challenge from a couple of years back?
