Ugh, I don't even know what to say... I haven't been thinking about NaNo a lot today, or yesterday, or any day this week or last week, actually, since I stopped making an active effort on the plot outline. I mean, I almost have a complete story (which really is far from complete, because most of my minor characters don't even have a real reason to be there, not really - I'll give you a list in a moment), and I know what I'm going to be doing for those 50,000 words, I mean, with much precision, so why bother worrying about that?
I guess it's sort of sad that I'm not even making an active effort of trying to bring the whole storyline to a close. What I know is just that it's not a realistic expectation with exams and everything - but then again, maybe I'm just not pushing myself hard enough. When you think of it, at least I have the last week or two last weeks of November free from care, since my exams will be over - most people won't have even that, since they'll be working and at school and doing lotsa other things. So maybe I should be putting in that effort of trying to finish my NaNo...
Ok, the deal is this: once I finish this post, I will open Scrivener (which I absolutely adore, this product replacement is here on purpose, mac user-writers go google it RIGHT NOW because it's just magical and so pretty and *sighs wistfully*) and see what I can do about trying to bring my plot to a close, at least a wee bit less vaguely than it is finished right now.
But before that, I'll talk about another issue I've had when, uh, talking about Following the Gay Umbrella. I mean, I've always had a remarkable drive to tell my stories to everyone and have them read them and have them express their opinion on them and just have had that delight with telling stories (well duh, why else would I be a writer), but the thing is that I don't want to spoil too much. I think at least two people have expressed their interest in wanting to read the finished product, and I don't know, is it alright to completely reveal major plot points when you know the people will be reading the story and it will somehow be spoiled for them?
I mean, it's difficult to interest people in a story they know nothing about, and I would LOVE to tell everyone who might accidentally read this blog some day what I'm going on about, and... Actually, maybe I should, at some point. At least I would have something to ramble about, since there seems to be no problem I can really vocalise here.
Mmmmprh, talking about making things difficult for myself..!
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