October 2008 Archives
Research, Prewriting, & Outlining
28 days, 13 hours, 9 minutes, and 3 seconds left until NaNoWriMo Begins!
My Nano Page
So the process has begun. I’ve spent the last week researching the cultures, climate, landscape, and mythology of the Siberian Steppe and the PIE peoples so I have a good setting base. I’m written a little bit of character background, but nothing that will go into the novel. That would be cheating!
As for my outline; I want to scream! The story I want to tell isn’t a fairytale rework, but the outline keeps saying, “Ohhh, lets go this direction. You already have a talking animal, so why not do the ‘Since you rescued me, I’ll help you solve your quest puzzle,’ thing? It’s a classic!” No no no, don’t want to!
“I Actually Have a Need for a Hacksaw in My Studio”
An Assignment from “Caffeine for the Creative Mind:”
Most of us are familiar with the Swiss Army Knife, that clever gadget rhat house 276 tools in one handy red plastic sheath. As creatives, we may never have a glaring need for a 2” hack saw, but there are things that we use everyday in our professional lives that might make more useful tools. Your task is to invent your “Professional Survival Swiss Army …Thing.” What would your sheathed utility tool hold? Draw it on a piece of paper or simply list the items it would have.
(Mumaw & Oldfield 2006: 21)
“I Actually Have a Need for a Hacksaw in My Studio”- continue reading
