I’ve officially cluttered my computer/walls with sticky notes, all bearing random little notes on the story I’m thinking of doing. I can no longer see part of my computer screen because of them.
But hey, that’s the point of being a writer, right? Having an eccentric note-taking system that involves abbreviations and words only you can read? Right?
(Lol, so much for the ‘two posts today’ thing. I may post again later, depending on what time I end up passing out in a puddle of my own drool.)
Speaking of passing out in puddles of your own drool, for the past week I haven’t had more than five hours of sleep at night. And no, it wasn’t because of my Internet connection. My body just freaking hates me.
Honestly, what goes on in my brain? “Lol, she’s about to write 50,000 words in two weeks? And she’s got schoolwork, too? Let’s just keep her up until one in the morning when she has to wake up at five. That’ll solve everything.”
Anyway, back on topic! Generally, my sticky notes start to become a nuisance, so I’ve succumbed to the trend- I outline on the computer now. (I’m sorry, Post-It. It’s not you, it’s me. I hope we can still be friends.)
There’s a really good program I use called Celtx for scriptwriting/outlining. You can download it free for Windows. The one drawback to novel writing on it, though, is that it doesn’t have the handy wordcount thing in an easy-to-see place. If you want to scriptwrite or outline (or hey, write without a wordcount goal in mind) then it’s great.
So far my outline includes man-eating ghosts, spiritualism, a protagonist named Miranda Lee Jamison, and a band of self-proclaimed exorcists.
I don’t even know what I’m doing with my life anymore.
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