Curses
3 entries. 10,563 words.
2012-06
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Not A Good Start.
2012-06-12.
Okay, this is not good.
After a couple of weeks of brainstorming, I started writing on my new project, tentatively code-named “Curses.” I’ve written perhaps 4,000 words, starting not at the beginning, but at the first sort of exciting milestone. I did this because I wasn’t really “feeling” it so I thought I would start at a “high point.”
I hate it. It’s not exciting. It’s not even interesting. The characters are dumb.
- Writing
- Curses
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The Nuclear Option.
2012-06-14.
The other day I mentioned that I hated my current WIP (work-in-progress, for you non-writer-types). That night I decided to use the nuclear option.
In NaNoWriMo, they say if you’re bored with what you’re writing, you need to shake things up by adding an explosion, or killing everyone off. That’s what I’ve come to think of as the “nuclear option.”
So, I blew things up. An angry god descended and pulverized everything.
- Writing
- Curses
2012-08
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Protected: Curses, Abandoned First Draft.
2012-08-24.
[The following is the abandoned first draft of “Curses.” If enough people say, “Wow, this is awesome, you should finish it!” I might try to resurrect it.]
Olivaer Toebem woke from another dream in which had two arms, startled by a loud commotion in the common room downstairs. He threw off the bed covers and tried to stand, fumbling for balance in the near-darkness. He staggered to the doorway of his small room to find out what had happened.
- Curses