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NaNoWriMo 2010 – Day 19

Posted by tyffi
November 19, 2010 @ 23:27

50,000 words and counting. I still haven’t even finshed the first part of my story, but I feel incredibly satisfied to see I broke the 50K mark… Okay, 90% of what I’ve written so far probably will go to hell in the editing process because it’s probably utterly BS, but… Nah, not 90%… Maybe 10%. Still, I written more than 50K words and it’s only the 19th!!!

*does a little happy dance*

However, I wished the story was already finished, but my MC still is only at about eight years old, Bruce Wayne’s parents are still alive, and the story won’t end before my MC turns 30 — and no: the story isn’t about the Batman; he just happens to be there when he was still a kid and never thought about becoming the Batman.

Still, I did 50K words, and now it’s time for some deaths. Bwhahahahahahahahaha!

Any Scandinavian people out there?

Posted by tyffi
November 8, 2010 @ 1:26

Dear all-knowing people that read – or don’t read – my blog,

is anyone’s first language a Scandinavina one? As in Norwegian, Danish or Swedish? I might have a question, or two, and since my Norwegian is a bit rusty and to most people outside Scandinavia all those languages are the same gibberish I don’t mind if it’s Danish or Swedish.

I only have a few questions concerning grammar and phrases.

Anyone? Bueller?

In NaNoWriMo news: my characters still don’t do what I want them to do, but I decided it’s easier to just let them flow. And they flow nicely. Sort of… The never-heard-of-before grandfather and the minor character that wants to become a major one by hooking up with the MC are not getting along — but it’s fun, since they don’t get along, giving me words. Words! Wordsssssssssssss!

Okay, I’m fine. Anyway, the story seems to make sense now. Not the way I planned it, but actually it’s even better than I planned. Word count as of today is 22,615 — not too shabby, although I’d hoped I could reach the 25K mark this weekend. Well, it’s close.

NaNoWriMo 2010 – Day 4

Posted by tyffi
November 4, 2010 @ 23:33

Oy, Day 4 already — and the bitching starts. *lol*
No, seriously: I actually have nothing to complain about. As you can see in this nifty little graphic, my word count looks good and nice for Day 4, and as long as I keep on writing at around 1300 words a day I’ll finish the thing, but… I’m not sure whether my characters want me to. They’re rather weird right now, and even though I have an outline of my story; or let’s call it a route since normally when writing without it it’s like going from Germany to Rome via Paris — or Prague, depending on my mood. One way or another, I always make detours, and that’s why I stick to my route now. Although… I still fail. I’m already in Prague. It’s nice here. Wonderful city, good beer…

Ahem. My story is so not going in the direction I want it to go. The funniest part? I’m writing fanfic, and the only canon character so far isn’t even canon but fanon, and not even in the same timeline. If that makes sense… *lol*
And now, instead of writing, I’m wondering whether I’m still writing fanfic, or actually original fic disguised as fanfic, or just utter crap. Also, RL and work is so not helpful when it comes to writing.

Oh, and those who know my Chrexverse and always thought Dina was slightly nuts and a handful: you haven’t met her mother yet. Seriously, she’s the most uncooperative character EVER! Until now, she hasn’t done anything I want her to do, apart from having Dina…

Gee, I stay in Prague and have a few more beers.

NaNoWriMo 2010 – Day 1

Posted by tyffi
November 1, 2010 @ 13:16

At the stroke of midnight I started writing – I don’t do Halloween because I’m too German for that, so I had the house all for myself. The hubs is doing Halloween and he’s still in coma. *lol*
Anyway, the first few lines came out quite easily. At around four o’clock this morning I was done with my first 7000 words – and I felt quite accomplished.

The first chapters seem to be nicely – even though the phrasing could be better. But this is NaNo, and there’s no place for editing. *lol* I just keep hoping my muse won’t go on vacation before November is over. Good thing, though, I decided to work on my Chrexverse and don’t aim for Original fic – though some are already arguing my Chrexverse was more original fic than fanfic. Anyway, writing Chrexverse means I have some sort of safety belt, in case the muse goes MIA.

Using Storyist also is a huge help. I love (and hate) the grammar checker. Since I’m writing in English this is more than useful; however, I don’t need it to tell me when to use ‘they’re’ and ‘their’ – I learned the difference in school.

So, how is your first day of NaNo going?

New toy

Posted by tyffi
October 13, 2010 @ 23:46

I caved in and bought Storyist, a Mac-only story development tool much like Scrivener, but more expensive. *lol* Okay, actually it was my better half who bought it since he wanted to use it, too, and it can be installed on a desktop computer and a laptop – “provided that you are the primary user of both machines” – that’s what they say on their homepage.  Whatever…

Anyway, I’ve tested Storyist and Scrivener before – yay for free-trial versions – and they are both great, but in the end I liked Storyist a bit better – although it took some time to master it. When you first open Storyist you most likely will be like “Whoa, wait a sec. How… What… Why… MOMMY!”, but soon the Mac-feeling will start over and you’ll be like “Oy, shiny! And new! And stylish! And… let’s try this thing out.”

Admittedly, trying out doesn’t really work here – unless you got some special super-powers and easily understand the most complex things. Homo sapines normallis, however, should read the manual first. Seriously, read the frigging manual! I hate manuals and normally just try until I figure out how things work, but in this case the manual was a time-saver – as well as the saviour of my nerves. *sighs*

But as soon as you figured out the logic behind Storyist – and trust me: the author of Storyist put a lot of logic into his program – you’ll be amazed, and the Mac-feeling (“Oy, shiny!”) will take over again. Granted, there are a lot of things you could buy for almost $60 and keep on using a free word-editor like OpenOffice, or AbiWord – or keep on using MS Word (*shudder*), but a tool like Storyist (or Scrivener for that matter) is truly amazing – especially when it comes writing novels, or really long fanfictions – which are novels, too.

This tools allows you to create an outline of your story – which is like the most important thing ever, and if you’re a little chaot like me who writes down everything on small paper notes, or Post-Its, or in a Moleskine notebook, and then lose them… Won’t happen with  Storyist (Scrivener) anymore. It basically works like a browser and you can easily switch between your actual story and your outline. You can add comments and notes and have them neatly attached to a virtual corkboard. Also, Storyist lets you create various sheets – for plot, characters, settings. You can add pictures to visualize – which I find quite helpful when it comes to writing.

Of course, I could do that all with OpenOffice, AbiWord, or MS Word – hell, even with TextEditor (or whatever Windows user call it on their OS), but the overview is so much better – and Storyist lets you easily create links between your sheets. It automatically transforms your text in a “novel” – no more manual editing, you can simply focus on writing. Also, you can quickly search for something; like a certain character or whatever and it’ll show you all mentions, pretty much like Google, or Bing, or any other web search engine. And, Storyist lets you import and export files – your beta-reader might be grateful. *g*

Of course, you probably won’t need such a powerful writing tool if you’re just writing for fun, for fandom, or to kill time, but still… it’s like Photoshop. You don’t need that either if you aren’t a professional, but most of us have it anyway while there are open source alternatives available – GIMP, for example.
However, I realized that my little, chaotic brain is more than grateful for a tool like Storyist. Of course, I still use my notebook, random pieces of paper I’ll find in my handbag, the infamous Post-Its and whatelse whenever the plot bunny bites me – after all, plot bunnies tend to be quite active when you aren’t near a computer, or when your laptop is safe and sound in your bag, and the good old pen and paper are faster at hand. But then, I can write those notes down in Storyist when I start a new project, and have them in place whenever I need them without having to go through all my handbags – I’m a late twenty-something straight girl; I have a lot of handbags – to find that one certain note I was looking for.

Also, did I mention that you can create Character sheets and Setting sheets? I find that the most useful thing ever! Well, it certainly isn’t that important when you merely write fanfiction – after all, then you already have defined characters and settings, though then again, when I look at the one or other show/movie/book… not really.

The only big minus on both Storyist and Scrivener is: they are Mac only! Scrivener plans to release a Windows version in 2011, though, but I’ve heard that PageFour and Liquid Story Binder are good(-ish) alternatives for those who can’t – or don’t want to – switch to Mac. I just don’t know whether they also provide the “Oy, shiny!” Mac-feeling. *g*

So, speaking of writing: I’ve signed up for NaNoWriMo this year. 50,000 words in 30 days… Let’s see how that will go… Oh, and as far as I know, both Scrivener and Storyist give out free NaNoWriMo versions this year – basically it’s the 30-days-trail version, but hey… the child needs a name, right?

Anyway, if any of you tries any of those programs, let me know what you think of them. Even the Windows ones. Who knows, mabye one day I’ll have to switch back to Windows (Please, good Lord Steve Jobs, make that not happen!) and then it’d be nice to have an alternative.

Or, do you already use another writing tool similar to Storyist, or Scrivener? Oh, and dear spam bots: I don’t speak no Spanish!

That’s all for today. Plot bunnies are knocking at my door, and I want to have a rough story outline before November 1st. And eventually, I’ll add some more art to the website… Soonish. Operating word would be “-ish”. *lol*

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