Comments on: Hard to believe it’s been a year http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/05/27/graduation-anniversary/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:39:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cyde Weys http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/05/27/graduation-anniversary/comment-page-1/#comment-27998 Cyde Weys Wed, 28 May 2008 15:07:42 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/?p=792#comment-27998 Fiction! Definitely fiction. I did some poetry writing in a Creative Writing class in high school, and honestly, I had fun doing it, but I don't think it's my forte. And as for screenplays — bleagh. No interest there whatsoever. Well, I "finished" the novel in mid-December. I wrote another few thousand words just to reach a nice break point and then just kind of dropped it. It ends rather abruptly at around word 52,000 or so, but at least it's a natural break point. Picture the end of the second Matrix movie and you've got it (in terms of abruptness, not content). It definitely merits more writing or a sequel or something. But I probably won't bother. The constraints of NaNoWriMo are great for putting a lot of words down on paper in a short time, but not so good for actually yielding a good final product. I was writing so furiously that I never really stopped to plan out the entire plot beforehand. Thus, I figured out a lot of the details as I went along, and thus, there were lots of inconsistencies. I'm not even sure if it's salvageable. I am sure that I could spend a hell of a lot of time editing it to even half-decent shape. Fiction! Definitely fiction. I did some poetry writing in a Creative Writing class in high school, and honestly, I had fun doing it, but I don’t think it’s my forte. And as for screenplays — bleagh. No interest there whatsoever.

Well, I “finished” the novel in mid-December. I wrote another few thousand words just to reach a nice break point and then just kind of dropped it. It ends rather abruptly at around word 52,000 or so, but at least it’s a natural break point. Picture the end of the second Matrix movie and you’ve got it (in terms of abruptness, not content). It definitely merits more writing or a sequel or something.

But I probably won’t bother. The constraints of NaNoWriMo are great for putting a lot of words down on paper in a short time, but not so good for actually yielding a good final product. I was writing so furiously that I never really stopped to plan out the entire plot beforehand. Thus, I figured out a lot of the details as I went along, and thus, there were lots of inconsistencies. I’m not even sure if it’s salvageable. I am sure that I could spend a hell of a lot of time editing it to even half-decent shape.

]]> By: Jeff V http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/05/27/graduation-anniversary/comment-page-1/#comment-27953 Jeff V Wed, 28 May 2008 05:41:01 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/?p=792#comment-27953 What are your goals as a writer? I know you did some editorial stuff in college with the Diamondback. Is that what you want to develop in the future or would you prefer something more along the lines of fiction, screenplays, poetry? What is the status of your novel? What are your goals as a writer?

I know you did some editorial stuff in college with the Diamondback. Is that what you want to develop in the future or would you prefer something more along the lines of fiction, screenplays, poetry?

What is the status of your novel?

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