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sleeplesspotato) wrote2022-05-26 05:02 pm
sleeplesspotato) wrote2022-05-26 05:02 pm
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Hitting and not hitting my May NaNo goal, new project
May's almost over, and it feels like it was just a couple weeks ago when I said the same thing about April. About a month ago I thought writing the second half or so of the Castlevania OT3 fanfic draft would be much the same as the first half; I was only partly right, at least for the first week or so. Then I started getting bogged down by my lack of planning for the latter half of the plot -- I know how I want it to end, but I didn't quite figure out how I would get from the first half to that ending, so I kinda meandered all over the place. This is probably fine for a first draft (which I've taken to calling draft zero because of how raw the plot is); it's just messy and a bit tedious to churn out, and it really does feel like I'm churning the words out. My scenes are littered with notes about how I'm thinking of fixing them in the next draft. ._.() Once I'm done with this draft, I might have to write the scenes down on scraps of paper then rearrange them in a way that makes more sense than their current configuration.
For what it's worth, it looks like I'll hit this month's goal (same as last month's, 15k) early and have a bit extra to spare, so technically I'll finish what I started; the flipside is that I don't think I'll have a finished first draft since the plot events are a mess, with no clear progression past the halfway point. I'm not going to try and add to this draft after I take my much-needed break next month (and maybe the month after that too) since I don't think that would help much -- I'll just go straight to the second draft after figuring out a plot progression that makes sense. I think I've learned enough about my characters by now to have a decent go of that second draft. (And I really hope I won't need another one, because omg. OTL)
As for next month... I'm finally going to work on something original after a long time of just scribbling notes and fleshing out characters in my head. It still needs some worldbuilding and characterization exercises, so I'll probably spend a week or two on those (and maybe I should spend more time on them but I get impatient easily). If all goes well I'll be working on it during the next Camp NaNo and probably beyond. Here's to hoping it goes better than my current efforts. ^^;;
For what it's worth, it looks like I'll hit this month's goal (same as last month's, 15k) early and have a bit extra to spare, so technically I'll finish what I started; the flipside is that I don't think I'll have a finished first draft since the plot events are a mess, with no clear progression past the halfway point. I'm not going to try and add to this draft after I take my much-needed break next month (and maybe the month after that too) since I don't think that would help much -- I'll just go straight to the second draft after figuring out a plot progression that makes sense. I think I've learned enough about my characters by now to have a decent go of that second draft. (And I really hope I won't need another one, because omg. OTL)
As for next month... I'm finally going to work on something original after a long time of just scribbling notes and fleshing out characters in my head. It still needs some worldbuilding and characterization exercises, so I'll probably spend a week or two on those (and maybe I should spend more time on them but I get impatient easily). If all goes well I'll be working on it during the next Camp NaNo and probably beyond. Here's to hoping it goes better than my current efforts. ^^;;