So here we are on day 4 of NaNo and I've had a complete change of plan. I just wasn't feeling the story the story I started with. Instead I've decided to go with a series of short stories, Mistress of Potions being the first.
Of course this means I'm now four days behind but that's okay. There will plenty of time to panic at the end of the month.
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Saturday, November 6, 2010
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Novel or Short stories?
That is the question on my mind right now.
My current project is Maidens Song; The first in a planned series of books following the life of the immortal Joseph Hunter. So far it's going well. There have been the normal dry spells of course, when I tend to over think a relatively unimportant part and end up frustrated at myself. Over the course of the past week I have been carefully reviewing what I have so far. And as pleased as I am in the most part I know there are a lot of changes to be made. I also noticed how my style changed and improved the further into the story I have so far. This got me thinking: "Should I spend some time working my short story ideas and use those to hone my writing skills?"
Right now with current time constraints (my full time job as a UNIX Admin + being back in school working on another degree) it seems that the short story option would be good. Or do I just go ahead and do both? After all who needs sleep.
My current project is Maidens Song; The first in a planned series of books following the life of the immortal Joseph Hunter. So far it's going well. There have been the normal dry spells of course, when I tend to over think a relatively unimportant part and end up frustrated at myself. Over the course of the past week I have been carefully reviewing what I have so far. And as pleased as I am in the most part I know there are a lot of changes to be made. I also noticed how my style changed and improved the further into the story I have so far. This got me thinking: "Should I spend some time working my short story ideas and use those to hone my writing skills?"
Right now with current time constraints (my full time job as a UNIX Admin + being back in school working on another degree) it seems that the short story option would be good. Or do I just go ahead and do both? After all who needs sleep.
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