World-building notes are some of the better things to write before really getting stuck into the story. You may not be writing whole chapters but when the time comes that you do, because of your notes, the story will just flow out of your mind and onto the paper.
I'm as intrigued as Eeyore. :nods: Keep up the good work. ;)

Wanderer Ward
9 years ago

Wanderer Ward
Dreamscape Artist
Thanks Marta! :)
So, I'm setting a very modest goal of 5000 words to start, with the option of increasing it should I actually make progress on this. I'm not going to focus on one major project for this, but several smaller ones including short stories, book reviews, and random blogs posts. (I don't actually have a blog at this stage, but I've been thinking of it for a while so I may as well get some practice in).
Anyway, the first short story I'm going to focus on is a retelling of Fenrir's part in Norse mythology. I've been planning this for a while with the intention of it being novel-length, but I've been struggling with getting it into a form that would suit that. I think I'll just forget about the novel idea and get it into a short story. Once that's started/done, we'll see if it can be developed further!
Yes, words! Goals! Much happiness :).

Wanderer Ward
9 years ago

Wanderer Ward
Dreamscape Artist
I've done some words! It took me a while to stop feeling like a phony every time I told myself I had no excuses not to write and I should just sit down and do it, but I've finally done some words! 1325 words to be precise! I've done two small scenes, a section of dialogue, and then some random sentences from scenes that I have yet to flesh out. I think this thing is going to work much better as a short story than as something longer. Thanks for the support everyone! :) I may post an excerpt once I've had a break and reread it all.
Yes, good, excerpts. We need more of those.

Wanderer Ward
9 years ago

Wanderer Ward
Dreamscape Artist
So no excerpts yet as I haven't reread anything, but I've just added another 509 words! Huzzah!
31/12/15 - 1834

Wanderer Ward
9 years ago

Wanderer Ward
Dreamscape Artist
Returning to normal life and work is pretty sucky. I've been back at work for a week, and just today I have managed 30 words. What an achievement.
Don't despair, Kaede! 30 words is better than zero, especially considering that you said you're back to RL which is so distracting!
Exactly right. Some days are hard and any words at all is an achievement.
30 words is like a sentence! Or even a couple of sentences *nods* It all still counts!

Mystic Ward
9 years ago

Mystic Ward
Twentyfamilies Gypsy
it's 30 more than I've added