Have you considered writing something else for a day or two?
Nano is about word count, about getting in the habit of writing, like you said. But I don't know that it has to all be about ONE story.
Set your story aside.
Write something silly today. Maybe even tomorrow.
Use your word count from these silly stories as part of your overall total. (Include your word count from the drabble you wrote me the other day)
Give yourself some distance from what you're working on, then come back to it. You may even find that you're not as unhappy with your work as you think you are.
When I work on big projects, I often HATE them. But after stepping away from them for a while, I think, huh, that wasn't so bad.
So...some prompts to play with:
Actual lines from the First Line magazine:
* Sometimes the name they give you is all wrong.
* Nick had considered himself a lucky guy, until now.
* Roy owned the only drive-thru funeral business in Maine.
* While not the intended effect, the outcome was surprisingly satisfying.
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Dean often wondered why a group of crows was called a murder.
Being a cop tended to make Jim nosey, being a sentinel made him really good at it.
Draco looked at Harry and blinked. "I don't care what the tin says, there are no chickens that live underwater."
Lex shook his head and manfully tried to contain his snicker.
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Have you considered writing something else for a day or two?
Nano is about word count, about getting in the habit of writing, like you said. But I don't know that it has to all be about ONE story.
Set your story aside.
Write something silly today. Maybe even tomorrow.
Use your word count from these silly stories as part of your overall total. (Include your word count from the drabble you wrote me the other day)
Give yourself some distance from what you're working on, then come back to it. You may even find that you're not as unhappy with your work as you think you are.
When I work on big projects, I often HATE them. But after stepping away from them for a while, I think, huh, that wasn't so bad.
So...some prompts to play with:
Actual lines from the First Line magazine:
* Sometimes the name they give you is all wrong.
* Nick had considered himself a lucky guy, until now.
* Roy owned the only drive-thru funeral business in Maine.
* While not the intended effect, the outcome was surprisingly satisfying.
---
Dean often wondered why a group of crows was called a murder.
Being a cop tended to make Jim nosey, being a sentinel made him really good at it.
Draco looked at Harry and blinked. "I don't care what the tin says, there are no chickens that live underwater."
Lex shook his head and manfully tried to contain his snicker.