Today is June 21st, 2010. An obvious statement.
I've been holding off on expanding on my idea for a very, very long time. I want to write it...heck, I can't even sleep until very late in the night even when the lights are out because I keep thinking about this story. I feel like I know these characters like the back of my hand, but I don't. This story has been through so many plot changes that I'm finally feeling like this is THE one. But that's how I've been feeling for the last couple of months about the same story before it went through a major plot change.
I signed up for JulNoWriMo. I know NaNoWriMo gave me the push I needed to see my story was headed in the wrong direction so I'm hoping next month will either tell me to stick with this idea or toss it out like last week's trash. (Although a week long trash does seem very dirty...)
My uncertainty in my story led me to do some things on Tumblr to help me. Maybe they'll help you too. Maybe they won't. Maybe you'll just sit, point, and laugh. Either way, I'm still writing what I did.
1. I made a tumblr for my MC. The pictures uploaded on there are so surreal that it actually inspires some scenes in the story. I can also develop my MC because I know what she likes and what she doesn't. I know what she'd actually "tumblog" and what she'd dismiss off. (Keep in mind that my character WOULD not have a tumblr, hehe.)
2. I looked for pictures of my MC on the site. Lots of pictures on there are how I imagine my MC to be, but I'm not happy about looking for her face so I'm glad tumblr has photos that don't even show the face.
3. Tumblrs have pictures with quotes on them. Quotes that I can't but help think it was MADE for my story. (sorry, didn't mean to sound so possessive there...)
Just as an example, here is one of the images my "MC" reblogged.
Another thing I'm worried about is foreshadowing. I still don't understand the concept even if my English teacher stressed on it so, so much. I guess I just have to outline everything out before I can really dive into the story. Maybe I'll find some peace in that.
Happy Monday!
