Tuesday, 9 November 2010 09:34 am
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deckardcanineThe good news: "Downscale" is back! Thank you, Nefaria. I had misunderstood your advice earlier, thinking you wanted me to access only the drawing from Windows Explorer. I didn't know I could access an FTP in that application, until it appeared as a menu suggestion. The Web-FTP site is still giving me trouble, but maybe I'll never need it again. You can expect regular "Downscale" updates again...
The arguably bad news: ...because I'm quitting this NaNoWriMo. I'm not hopelessly behind on quota; it's just not enough fun for me anymore. If I want to do something optional that isn't fun, I'll exercise or educate myself.
Yeah, it probably means the story I've spent so long on will never be published. That's okay. I seriously doubt it would've been anything better than a moderately fun waste of time and money for readers. What is has to offer has been done better in other novels.
I'm past the point where I felt like I needed to be a novelist for my life to have meaning. Writing is one of my greatest gifts, but novels don't have to be my medium. I'm better at poetry and, to a lesser extent, short stories and plays. Anything longer than a novella strains my attention span for writing. Maybe next year I'll write a series of vignettes for NaNoWriMo; at least the website won't care.
Also, I seem to do better at humor than at any other element. My novel didn't have enough of it. In truth, I haven't read many comical novels yet, so I don't have a great internalized sense of how to make one, especially since Douglas Adams and Dave Barry aren't my style. This must be remedied with the next book I pick up.
Then there's the rub of "Write what you know." It sounds to me like an expectation of expertise in a given subject rather than general knowledge. The only fields in which I have geek cred are non-literary entertainment media: movies, comic strips, and video games. Hard to write about those in story form. That's why I opted for soft sci-fi and fantasy.
Oh well. I'm feeling better now that the weight is off my shoulders. Sorry if any of you were disappointed.
The arguably bad news: ...because I'm quitting this NaNoWriMo. I'm not hopelessly behind on quota; it's just not enough fun for me anymore. If I want to do something optional that isn't fun, I'll exercise or educate myself.
Yeah, it probably means the story I've spent so long on will never be published. That's okay. I seriously doubt it would've been anything better than a moderately fun waste of time and money for readers. What is has to offer has been done better in other novels.
I'm past the point where I felt like I needed to be a novelist for my life to have meaning. Writing is one of my greatest gifts, but novels don't have to be my medium. I'm better at poetry and, to a lesser extent, short stories and plays. Anything longer than a novella strains my attention span for writing. Maybe next year I'll write a series of vignettes for NaNoWriMo; at least the website won't care.
Also, I seem to do better at humor than at any other element. My novel didn't have enough of it. In truth, I haven't read many comical novels yet, so I don't have a great internalized sense of how to make one, especially since Douglas Adams and Dave Barry aren't my style. This must be remedied with the next book I pick up.
Then there's the rub of "Write what you know." It sounds to me like an expectation of expertise in a given subject rather than general knowledge. The only fields in which I have geek cred are non-literary entertainment media: movies, comic strips, and video games. Hard to write about those in story form. That's why I opted for soft sci-fi and fantasy.
Oh well. I'm feeling better now that the weight is off my shoulders. Sorry if any of you were disappointed.