I woke up this morning and almost called in to work because I wanted to write so badly.
I've decided to do the NaNoWriMo challenge this year. My current roommate (who I anticipate still being my roommate in November) does this and her post-its on the dining room wall inspired me. I've learned from her mistakes and have already been starting rolling some ideas around. I also know I'm terrible at ending things, so I want to get a head start on that for sure.
While reading Paradise Lost, I found I really enjoy how Milton draws from Satan's experiences and provides a lot of dialogue from that antagonist's point of view. I like the idea of the main character being antagonistic. It's just different enough for me. I like the dichotomy of finding yourself almost sympathizing with a character you (know you should) despise. And even though the "bad guy" is the focal point of the story, I of course want the "good guy" to still "win" in the end.
Last night, I had an experience that reminded me of a term I've used before: Divine Coincidence. It sounds oxymoronic, I know. But the best way I can define it is that it's a situation that could be explained by either coincidence or divine intercession. The example I gave on facebook was being stressed when you make an impulsive trip to the grocery store and you run into someone who relieves that stress for you.
I want to explore that concept in my NaNo project. Or at least make it an underlying theme. Toni Morrison and "rememory" or Tim O'Brien and metafiction. S.E. Ashmore and divine coincidence.
Good thing I've got 8 months to figure it out.
2 comments:
I'd be very careful about saying that you "have time" for writing projects. My freshman year of at the university I had the quintessential epiphany for my own life's work of authorship (something I'd played around with for years at that point). And I thought that if I just considered my goal for the present to be gathering facts and experiences relevant to the piece's creation it would eventually get done.
I'm now in my 5th semester at the university and I've barely scratched the surface of what I thought I'd be accomplishing by now. All because I "had time." My point is you never know when you won't have time, so you should prioritize as much as possible. For me, that's a delicate balance between actually living life and just writing about it...
Hope that helps! ;)
I see your point (and am quite familiar with it myself) but fail to see the relevance. If I don't know where I want my story to go, it's never going to get there.
No one "has" time for [insert hobby here]. They make time for it.
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