As with any writing project, you run into problems. I'm sure that I'm not the only one who has that happen. My recent problem has been in the form of 'The Dark Rider.' Nothing is wanting to click, none of the characters are wanting to play nice, nothing. Perhaps it's pouting over the fact that I literally threw away the 3 chapters I'd written so far. It is supposed to be in the spirit of NaNo after all. Not that it matters that I threw away the printed copy. I still have the digital copy. lol I was going for the symbolism and an empty 3-ring binder to hold the new physical copy.
As usual when I'm having problems, a shower helped shake a few things loose. You see, I was thinking that part of the problem might be that 1) I found out that the genre the book is mean to be is a difficult one to write. 2) The idea is an old one. As a matter of fact, it's the one my husband gave me back when he found out I used to write. It is this one that turned me back into a writer. So, it has had plenty of time to sit in the back of my head and percolate.
While taking my shower today, I realized a few things that can combat those ideas that were stuck in my head. First of all, this idea has been in my head for so long, that I know the way it is to be woven is the perfect blend for a Christian fantasy. I mean, I am a Christian! I'm writing it from that viewpoint, not from someone who normally writes fantasy and "reaching" for that ideal. Nope. The reality is that I'm reaching for the fantasy side because I normally don't write it. lol Okay. So the idea is balanced and it works. Moving on to the next point... Now that I think about it, the characters never did settle in my mind when I thought of it in the first place. As a matter of fact, when I picked it back up this time around, only 2 of them agreed to stick around as what they were before. Too bad neither of them were my main character. LMAO Okay... He's still there as the Dark Rider... but his name is gone, his physical description is semi-there, but not quite. Oh, boy. I'm in trouble if I don't have my main character to work with. It was at this point that I realized the story idea wasn't complete. It's time to sit down with it and brainstorm the bits and pieces out of it until I have a good working outline. Until that happens, this book can't be written.
NaNo starts in about 9 days. If "The Dark Rider" doesn't have its outline or character sheets by then, it won't be written this year. So, I'd better get a move on. With the Scrivener Windows beta releasing in 2 short days, I have my work cut out for me. I know I'm going to want to lay out "The Day SHADE Came to Call" when it releases and get it ready for the start of NaNo. So, yeah... I need to spend some good quality time with "The Dark Rider". This should be interesting. Today is practically gone, though my husband is on his way home from his mandatory day of fun. Tomorrow will be spent with us going to meet up with my brother and his new wife. I have no idea how long that will take. Oh, well. Family needs to come before NaNo, right? Well, at least before NaNo starts anyway. lol
Yeah. Tonight, I need to focus on my book. Now, to find my headphones for my iPod... I have a feeling I'm going to need them.
(copied verbatim from my writing.com blog)
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