Yes I have done blogs before. Why did I stop....because I kept losing them. You may ask, "how does one loose a blog?" I'm not exactly sure.
I just wasted 20 minutes staring at a flow-chart filled with science fiction, and fantasy books that I kept listing how many I had read. Dang I feel like a geek. I was supposed to be writing this epic thing that would share my insights with the world. Well basically anyone bored enough to read this.
In other news. I'm going to be participating in NaNoWriMo again this year. I've been writing outlines, and taking notes for the past month and will continue to do so throughout October. I've been super excited about it and the whole system I've developed but, I have a hard time talking to people about it without revealing spoilers. Although once I get it finished I think the people who won't read it are my family. Maybe if I get it published they will but, I kind of doubt it. Oh well, at least, I'm getting this thing out of my head.
So far with the book I have a rough outline done, notes on the natural laws of the world I've created along with notes on the culture in this parallel world I have built. I have a full character sheet built on the main character and am working on character sheets for the other characters but, as I work on them it starts to change the world and I have to add more notes to the other sections. For example, the bad guy. Where does he come from? What is his motivation for being evil? Does he have free will? How does he fit into the scheme of possible future stories?
Then I read through my rough outline and realized I need mini outlines for each chapter because the middle one's bog down and I don't know how to get the information to the reader while keeping the reader entertained so, it would be a good idea for each chapter to have it's own mini-plot and a hook to keep the reader going. So now I need these mini-plots to fit into the plot of the story, and I want the story plot to fit into an overarcing plot of at least 4 books. Ambitious no? Maybe, but, I felt like this was something I need to be doing.
