Hey Earthlings,
I'm chilling in Starbucks with my Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate and settled in for a long day's writing. I've just rounded the 6k mark and my ever-so-lofty goal is to hit 10k before I go home tonight. For now, though, I need a little breaky and thought I would expound on my plan, as it stands right now, to complete Mongrel.
First, I need to just spew words onto a page and get a story out there. I'm working really, really hard at not caring if it's perfect, just so long as it's there. I have so many things I want to go back and tweak, but I have to keep reminding myself that first the story has to exist- in its entirety- before I'm allowed to go back and mess with it.
Second, go back and mess with it, right? NO. After I finish my word vomit and have a good, long novel written, I'm going to print it up, shrink-wrap it, and bury it in the backyard. Ok, not literally (I don't even have a backyard), but I'm going to put it out of my mind and ignore it for at least a month. I'm going to take that time to read some novels (specifically YA, as Mongrel is shaping up to be) that I've been wanting to devour. My list so far (which I am planning to round out to a nice, even 10 books) is as follows:
1. Looking for Alaska - John Green
2. Cinder - Marissa Meyer (aw, memories...)
3. Catcher in the Rye - J. D. Salinger (Yeah, I've somehow managed to miss that one so far)
4. Devilish - Maureen Johnson
Now I need more books to add to the list. Suggestions?
Third, omgedit!
Fourth, omgeditsomemore!
Fifth, omgeditagain!
Sixth, hesitantly and with great terror, let someone read what has been written.
Seventh, cry
Eighth, omgedituntilmyfingersbleed!
Woot! Plan!
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