Funky Cat Studio

Current Mood: grumpy & horny & relieved & sleepy & sore

but anyway… its all thanks to wandering back and looking at some older scenes from the beginning to see how far all my characters have gotten (and because i was stuck in the story line and was procrastinating), finding a couple of “could be” sex scenes and started working on them.

i highly do not suggest working on 2 sex scene at the same time.

i’m going to go implode now.

Current Mood: flirty & horny & hyper

mmm… ;-)

-now- its starting to feel like NaNo! *looks at calender*  23 freaking days into it.

Usually I don’t get lost in their heads (mainly Adrian’s) this late in the game.  And luckily I got a bit ahead of my word count today and I didn’t even write anything to do with the story.  And it was EASY.

How, you might ask?

SMUT!

Okay maybe not down ‘n out dirty smut.  This was good old fashioned girl-in-shower-gets-dirty scene.  Not even -that- dirty, just a little.

*squirms in chair*

Is it warm in here?

*fans self*

Anyway.  It would make a good stand alone scene, mayhaps.

I’ve written at least 1703 words today to a total of 38808.  I really need to get in an extra day or two for some breathing space as The End approaches.  I don’t want to have to keep digging up smexxy scenes or even start the idea of smexxy scenes just for word count.

God how horny my characters must be >.<

Its only because they know now they can get me to write it now. They just want their private times, to relax.  Doesn’t everyone? ^-^

Note: Anyone I happen to really like right now should prolly stear clear of me until my mood is no longer Flirty, Horny and Hyper :-p  What a horrible combo to inflict onto someone…

*ahem*  Now that that pipe is unclogged, looks like I can get back to the actual story ^-^

Current Mood: cold.gif

I did it! Last night I caught up on my word count! I’ve been behind by 3 to 6k for a bit over a week I think but I caught up! And magically enough, I got what I’ve been lacking all this time.. an information dump about the story.  Ok so the dump wasn’t as big as it usually is but man its might cool.

Anyway, my good friend in Arkansas and I have been talking about noveling.  He sent me an e-mail yakking about outlines.  I decided to post my response…

Hiya!

Wow you try to hit all the spots a lot of writers get bitchy about.  I don’t know why but there’s a lot of whiny writers out there.  Bringing up writing programs and outlines is like bringing up politics and religion in mixed company.

I did an outline for my first NaNo and it went okay.  But took all year to plan for it though and work out all the details.  Then in the end the outline was nothing more but a guideline or a hint of what to do next.  If I had followed my outline exactly, my characters would have lost  a lot of their freedom and personality.  Maybe I’m not a good outline writer but I just don’t like to follow something that is step-by-step like that I guess.

I haven’t done an outline since that first year and have enjoyed the process a lot more.

For someone who has never written a novel, I think an outline is a perfect way to start.  You got your ideas out there and you create a bunch of blanks… great jumping off point! But don’t be surprised if you started writing and you start deviating off the path.  When that happens you have to sit there and wonder what you’re going to do.  Stick to the plan or follow whats really going on?

But yeah, its so true… there’s a lot of whiny writers out there.  Or maybe whiny isn’t the word, more like overly defensive.  You bring up outlines and writing programs and they feel like they have to instantly start defending themselves and their beliefs.  I’ve seen it way too many times.

Personally, I don’t care what people do and don’t do.  If I found out that my favorite books were written from an outline, so be it.  If it worked for them it worked for them.  I’m just grateful for the reading.

I do think a lot about using outlines but everytime I try to form one up… just ugh.  Not for me.  Sometimes I wish I had an outline to go off of but I know better.  I know that won’t solve my problems.

Current Mood: stressed

…. in my new kimono.

Meanwhile, I’m so behind on NaNo its pathetic :( I’ve been ignoring all my e-mails, SL jobs and RL crap just to try to catch up.  Its full of so much inconsistencies, plot holes and bullshit its starting to look like the Bible.

BUT the story is there.  Its just hard to tie to all together.

At least I’m feeling normal now after Friday’s dental appointment.

Current Mood: sore & tired & frustrated

So Yesterday’s appointment went as well as you’d expect it to go when you’re watching the dentist putting weird things in your mouth.

It was crown lengthening. So so I’ve got some stitches along the gums of my bottom teeth. I swear this guy that does this is obsessed with perfect teeth and gums :-p

So I slept all day (it was a short appointment I think, just a few hours) and woke up…. I don’t know when. It was still dark. I think it was today. My face is all swollen up and gums are sore (umm duh?) and hurts to eat blahblah. All in all its expected and I feel fine about it. I have to get the stitches out in 2 weeks which means PUTTING OFF EUGENE FOR TWO FUCKING WEEKS! >.<

And I went poking around on SL and got myself a bunny av for my alt…. ZOMG she’s so cute.

AND I’ve been eagerly awaiting Katie’s package ^-^ It should be here very very soon, if it gets here today at all…

On the NaNo front: I’m almost 5,000 words behind! Which wouldn’t panic me so much if I actually know more about what I was writing.

Normally, writing a novel is like walking through a dark cave with a flashlight. You go along with your light pointed ahead of you and you can see some of whats coming. This year, I’m like the retarded OCD jerk (Mr Bean?)… slowly working my way through the cave but my light isn’t pointed ahead, its pointing down and I’m wandering off to the side and poking at rocks and… you get the idea.

Whitepaws keeps joking that I should just write a 50k porn novel.

I’m SO very tempted!