Word count: Aprx 1700+

[soc_puppet]

First day of NaNo: almost complete!

I don't think I quiiiite got to my word count goal for today (yet*), and there's also some other stuff**, but. I am actually writing, and more than I can remember doing in a single day for quite some time, so I consider it a success!

About my novel: People keep asking me this :/ "What's your novel about, Socchan?" I'm at something of a loss how to explain it as yet, especially since I haven't quite finished the outline completely or started it, but uh. It kinda fuses Snow White with Snow White and Rose Red and some Red Riding Hood on the side? Oh, and apparently lots of "original" fairy-tale elements. And I'mma aim for making Snow White ugly/Not The Prettiest, as mentioned somewhat here (DW only, locked). Also, there will be lesbians :Dbb

...Speaking of, all I've got so far is a prequel-ish thing. With lesbians. And, uh. Kinda were-bear sorta stuff? Yeah. But I'm enjoying it!


* My daily goal is 2000 words, so I can (hopefully, knock-on-wood) finish up a few days early and get the darn thing typed up. I've written something like 1700 words today, I think, and I'm hoping to get maybe another hundred or so down before I go to sleep, and it's my first year anyway, so I'm thinking it's looking reasonably good so far? Well, aside from the aforementioned Other Stuff**.

** See, I'm not actually writing the novel part of my novel yet. I never quite finished stuff like character backgrounds and outlining last month, so I'm finishing that up this month and counting that towards my goal. Nothing written last month, of course, but anything not-actually-part-of-the-novel for this month? I'm counting. Yay, sorta-cheating! \o/ ...This will also be helpful if my story only reaches "novella" length, but I'm not worrying about that for now.


Anyhow, off to bed for me, I think. And probably only ten minutes of writing; I wanna be up early tomorrow. Maybe I can get to work early, and get some more writing done with fewer distractions than I have at home...

Comments

[cookinguptales.livejournal.com]

I always fully support fairy tales + lesbians. If I ever wrote anymore (lol) I would ttly write out my Cendrillon headcanon that involves Cinderella/stepsister. And also that vampire lesbian romance one day, too, if just because more vampires need to be adorable and meek. I am sad that there is an enormous vampire craze right now and I have been given no vampiric lesbians.

...what that ramble MEANT to say was RAH RAH RAH I AM CHEERING YOU ON.

lesbian cheerleaders are good too

...I may have a one-track mind right now

[soc_puppet]

Absolutely! I would read both of those :DD ...I feel the need to tell the Lesbian Vampire Joke now, but it's slightly maybe a little TMI, so. I've also given a great deal of thought in the past to writing lesbian!Sleeping Beauty, but it seems Jim Hines has beaten me to it :P

\o/ Go go writing, go! (Thank you for the cheering! ♥)

Speaking of one-track minds! These is the "Yurimm Fairy Tales" Lililicious has so far translated, which are mostly classic European fairy tales except with lesbians. Also, this includes a pr0ntastic lesbian cheerleaders oneshot, Suki Dokidoki Kiss.

[ytak.livejournal.com]

Wo-hoo! I'd say you are off to a good start. I consider anything over the min. buffer for bad days.

I approve of deconstructing fairy tales!

[soc_puppet]

Yeah, I had to re-calculate to find the minimum, and it definitely looks like I'm doing well X3 And that was before I took the time to check my words-per-line count this morning, so it looks as if I've written more than I thought!

I 100% agree :Dbb