Comment on Murdering Mary Sue by Cei-Ellem
Yeah, and I'm constantly trying to think of ways I can improve on my characters. With the two stories I'm doing whenever I think of a strength a character has I try to think of something that will counteract that. Especially if they are raised in a particular environment, also if a character of mine isn't human I'm always very big on making sure I don't make them more strong than they should be.
Sometimes though I just type things up without thinking at all then I sift through it so I can improve on my plot points and such, it helps me because I can spend some time being creative and random without worrying immediately about the flaws.
Sometimes though I just type things up without thinking at all then I sift through it so I can improve on my plot points and such, it helps me because I can spend some time being creative and random without worrying immediately about the flaws.
NaNoWriMo definitely helped me with that. Forcing myself into a word count goal kept me from getting too hung up on minutiae until after I finished.
I can't work properly with a word count goal, even in school it's always too long and I don't know how to shorten it without rushing it.
1,667 words a day is barely three typed pages, if that helps. And the point of NaNoWriMo isn't to write well, it's to write period.
I think I'll go have a look at it then, thanks for telling me about it. ^^
Here's a quick link for you. Of course, it doesn't actually start until November, but you can have a look around.
Ah, what happens in November? Like what in the site changes?
Well, you can actually update word counts on your dashboard (you can't see that until you make an account). And the forums are more active.