I get the story in my head. When I'm in the mood (or the zone) I write/type depending on what I prefer. I NEVER outline. Not even when I was supposed to do so in high school.
The last some odd years - basically since middle school - I've had this story idea in my head. I'm not ashamed to admit it began with a fanfiction for Lord of the Rings, spanning into Pirates of the Caribbean, Van Helsing, and The Phantom of the Opera.
Over the course of those many, many years it has evolved into something far more frustrating and life/mind consuming. (It may be a miracle I managed to stay sane for so long.)
Now, to this outline.
I realized that this massive fanfiction had an excellent plot, great locations, interesting tech, and a bunch of characters ripe for the picking. Only....they weren't their fictional characters anymore.
Through the course of years the characters left behind their rather copyrighted persona and became something more original. It was a miracle.
So I spent a few hours (yup, hours) going through the story. I made an outline for the first time in forever.
(.....yup....good luck getting that song outta your head.)
Right now it's at seven (7) pages, and I'm still not even close to being done with it.
The only issue I now face.
Writing.
I have 2 1/2 pages written out, but I'm taking my time in doing so. I did set a deadline to have chapter one done by the 15 of April. See how well that didn't turn out? Life happens, and we can't always keep up. (Well, I'd be more inclined to do so if I was getting paid for it. Or if I had an editor or a BETA reader.)
Huzzah for being a free writer!
Here's a little snippet of my outline for WIP week!
THE LIEBRARY
-Liebrary houses ancient books, of magic, obscure, rare finds
- A group of Magicians were in charge of keeping it
- They abused the power in the books
(Possible ghost of the past in charge of it now)
What's something that you are working on? Would you be interested in reading my novel, piece by piece?
No comments:
Post a Comment