http://www.todayiwrote.com Passionate prose is my PARAMOUR. Sat, 16 Jan 2010 01:54:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've just discovered something interesting: characters lie. I decided to test a theory provided in Movies of the Mind: How to Build a Short Story by Colleen Mariah Rae (a good book, btw--review forthcoming) and I was bewildered by the results. Let me back up for a moment and say that I ... http://www.todayiwrote.com/characters-lie/ This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: http://www.todayiwrote.com/short-story-ericas-funeral/ On November 30, 2009 sometime around 3pm EST, I was declared a NaNoWriMo winner. However, it’s a Pyrrhic victory in some ways. I did not finish this novel. It was well mapped out, but as I wrote, new scenes kept popping into my head.  Looking over the mind map on my ... http://www.todayiwrote.com/nanowrimo-2009-is-over/ I think I love Franz Liszt. Actually, there is no think about it. I love Franz Liszt. He needs to be resurrected from the dead so I can have his babies. I’m being serious. Really. http://www.todayiwrote.com/discovering-novel-writing-music/ Koi WaterBrush (#6 Medium); Zebra Mildliner Soft Color Highlighters (Cool & Refined); Kuretake 2 Way Flat Head Waterbrush; Zebra Techno Line 0.4mm Ballpoint Pen Refills (Black and Red); Zebra Techno Line 0.4mm Ballpoint Pen (Wine Red) http://www.todayiwrote.com/more-jetpens-booty-whoohoo/ Zebra Techno Line 0.4mm Ballpoint Pens (Green & Pink) and ink refills (Black) • Uni-ball E-Knock Erasers (White & Pink) and refills • Pentel Ain Supplio Nanotech Scented Mechanical Pencil Lead (Positive & Refresh) • Sura John & Mary Small Pencil Pouches (Black with Blue & Pink ... http://www.todayiwrote.com/im-an-addict-and-jetpens-is-my-dealer/ Writing by hand can be exhilarating. It’s my preferred method for starting a story and I’ll write until I feel comfortable enough to continue on the computer. There are many pens with which I love to write. Lately, I’ve been using the one I purchased abroad. It’s a Zebra Techno Line ... http://www.todayiwrote.com/custom-paper/ Word Count: 18,697 Remaining Words: 31,303 Time flies. It’s cliché, but true. We’re already two weeks into NaNoWriMo and I should be roughly halfway through my novel. I’m not. But I’m not fretting (yet). I am, however, (much more than) halfway done with my NaNo ... http://www.todayiwrote.com/nanowrimo-2009-day-14/ Word Count: 9,994 (so close to 10,000 I can taste it) Remaining Words: 40,006 This year I actually have a map of my novel from beginning to end. This map contains a word or two which encapsulates each scene. Sometimes I’ll look at one of the ... http://www.todayiwrote.com/nanowrimo-2009-day-5/ Word Count: 8,572 Words Remaining: 41,428 It’s barely day four of NaNoWriMo and I’ve already woken from a disturbing dream. (NB: Although I considered my dream to be tense and mildly annoying, years of watching, reading, and listening to horror, real and imagined, has desensitized me in a number of ways. Therefore by ... http://www.todayiwrote.com/nanowrimo-2009-day-4/