Daemora
Ghoul
Wordcount: 4,102/30,000
Posts: 323
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Post by Daemora on Oct 1, 2022 14:10:03 GMT -5
I'm only a few hundred words into my draft. Beginnings are always difficult for me so I'll probably try to get the main idea of it out and move on, come back to it when I've got a better handle on the story's voice. I'm working on a spooky tale set at a remote lighthouse. I'm bad with names so I'm lovingly referring to it as Project Beacon for now. I've tried to work on this before during GothNoWriMos past, but it kinda fizzled out. In my outlining, the story seemed to be taking on a bit of a cosmic/existential horror theme so I may lean into that more as I write.
I'm also participating in a Writetober micro-fiction challenge on Instagram. I'll put a link to my Instagram in my signature in case anyone is curious about my stories for that. I like to keep them spooky and fantasy related like the rest of my writing, so I think folks around here would enjoy them if they stop by.
Well, that's the start of my month. Hope it's going well for everyone!
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Post by Lily Munster on Oct 1, 2022 16:49:37 GMT -5
Ooh you're writing the lighthouse story! I've always found lighthouses creepy... cosmic/existential horror theme sounds fascinating.
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Daemora
Ghoul
Wordcount: 4,102/30,000
Posts: 323
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Post by Daemora on Oct 3, 2022 18:44:18 GMT -5
Yeah! I'm up to a whole thousand words so far haha. Really hoping I can catch up since I was hoping to hit 30k this year for real. I may have to just skip some of the beginning and come back and fix it later.
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Post by gothicspud on Oct 4, 2022 19:47:33 GMT -5
Ooh, your story sounds fascinating! I do love a spooky lighthouse! I hope all goes well for you on it this year!
As for the Instagram challenge, who is hosting the prompts? It sounds lovely! (And I loved what you've written for it so far!)
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Daemora
Ghoul
Wordcount: 4,102/30,000
Posts: 323
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Post by Daemora on Oct 5, 2022 18:20:09 GMT -5
Oh thank you! And it's hosted by @ro.robinson.writes. It's been a lot of fun. I think I'm doing better with those than I am my lighthouse story. But I think I figured out something that was wrong last night so hopefully I can get it back on track!
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Daemora
Ghoul
Wordcount: 4,102/30,000
Posts: 323
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Post by Daemora on Oct 6, 2022 19:09:38 GMT -5
I really don't feel like writing today. I think I'm just tired. I've also realized that my spooky lighthouse story does not actually feature enough spooky lighthouse (I'll probably write another story at some point with more spooky lighthouse, but this story needs more too) and it feels a bit slow. My pacing is bad, and I'm reminding myself I can fix that in editing so I need to just keep writing! But it might be stealing a little of my excitement about the project haha.
Enough rambling! More writing! I'm at almost 3k now which is about half of where I'd wanted to be, and there's only one way to fix that.
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Post by gothicspud on Oct 8, 2022 18:23:41 GMT -5
Woot woot! 3k is still great! And you can always add some crazy into what you're currently writing to make it more entertaining. Even if you have to edit it out later lol
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Daemora
Ghoul
Wordcount: 4,102/30,000
Posts: 323
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Post by Daemora on Oct 11, 2022 20:11:00 GMT -5
That is so true, and probably what I’ll end up doing. I haven’t gotten much further with it, as I’m realizing that I’m having trouble getting to know my characters and I haven’t found the chemistry between my leads. I think I’ve just been too impatient to sit down and write the atmosphere properly. I’ll get there, though!
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Daemora
Ghoul
Wordcount: 4,102/30,000
Posts: 323
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Post by Daemora on Oct 16, 2022 19:48:24 GMT -5
Well I’m sitting at about 4k total for the month, which is very behind of where I wanted to be… Since I’ve been having so much trouble, I’ve taken a few nights off to put a little thinking into prep for NaNoWriMo. I’ve had a busy weekend so I may or may not sit down tonight and brainstorm on some of my story problems.
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Daemora
Ghoul
Wordcount: 4,102/30,000
Posts: 323
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Post by Daemora on Oct 25, 2022 18:41:43 GMT -5
Sigh... I seem to have sabotaged myself once again. This will probably be my last update this year. I still haven't written anything else on my lighthouse story. I realize now I didn't get to know enough about my characters so they just didn't move the story along. But I know what I need to shore up now, so I will try again next year. At this point I'm trying to clean up my prep for NaNo so I don't end up in the same boat and realize it too late.
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