Going Through the Motions
Jan. 5th, 2008 12:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
talkstowolvesWhen I sat down to write tonight, I opened up iTunes in search of inspirational music. Putting my songs on shuffle yielded "Going Through the Motions" as sung by Buffy in the musical Buffy episode, "Once More, With Feeling."
As I said earlier, if it weren't so apt, it'd be funny.
For those who don't know the song, the title pretty much sums up my chagrin. But at least it also contains inspirational lyrics such as "I go out and fight the fight" and "I just wanna feel alive."
But, yes, my plotting yesterday didn't help as much as I had hoped. I realized a bunch of things I hadn't thought about needed to be figured out before I even started writing random bits... so I wrote a few random bits and then wrote more concise plotting along the lines of...
MAIN CHARACTER confronts ALIEN "PRIEST" who LIES to her.
MAIN CHARACTER chases the LIE to another ALIEN CITY.
ALIEN CITY is very ENGAGING as she searches HIGH AND LOW.
MAIN CHARACTER concludes that she's been LIED TO.
MAIN CHARACTER proceeds back to missing ALIEN GIRLFRIEND'S apartment.
MAIN CHARACTER falls into DEPRESSED SLUMBER clutching VIOLETS.
MAIN CHARACTER has a memory-dream about a PROPHETIC SIBYL.
MAIN CHARACTER awakens to NEW ALIEN moving into missing ALIEN GIRLFRIEND'S apartment.
MAIN CHARACTER rails against ALIEN "INVADER."
MAIN CHARACTER grimly goes forth to confront LYING CLERGY.
Except it's more interesting in my head.
But, yeah, the gritty details:
Today's Goal: 750 words.
Goal met? No, it's even worse than last night: 212 words.
Reason for stopping: Need to get away from the computer. I may try to keep writing by hand once I lay down.
Project: Short story, working title "Green Dream."
Status of project: Plot, plot, plot.
As I said earlier, if it weren't so apt, it'd be funny.
For those who don't know the song, the title pretty much sums up my chagrin. But at least it also contains inspirational lyrics such as "I go out and fight the fight" and "I just wanna feel alive."
But, yes, my plotting yesterday didn't help as much as I had hoped. I realized a bunch of things I hadn't thought about needed to be figured out before I even started writing random bits... so I wrote a few random bits and then wrote more concise plotting along the lines of...
MAIN CHARACTER confronts ALIEN "PRIEST" who LIES to her.
MAIN CHARACTER chases the LIE to another ALIEN CITY.
ALIEN CITY is very ENGAGING as she searches HIGH AND LOW.
MAIN CHARACTER concludes that she's been LIED TO.
MAIN CHARACTER proceeds back to missing ALIEN GIRLFRIEND'S apartment.
MAIN CHARACTER falls into DEPRESSED SLUMBER clutching VIOLETS.
MAIN CHARACTER has a memory-dream about a PROPHETIC SIBYL.
MAIN CHARACTER awakens to NEW ALIEN moving into missing ALIEN GIRLFRIEND'S apartment.
MAIN CHARACTER rails against ALIEN "INVADER."
MAIN CHARACTER grimly goes forth to confront LYING CLERGY.
Except it's more interesting in my head.
But, yeah, the gritty details:
Today's Goal: 750 words.
Goal met? No, it's even worse than last night: 212 words.
Reason for stopping: Need to get away from the computer. I may try to keep writing by hand once I lay down.
Project: Short story, working title "Green Dream."
Status of project: Plot, plot, plot.