Not Done with 2YN

So I haven't posted anything new on here in a while, and that's because I haven't posted anything new on the 2YN boards in a while.  I don't think I'm that far behind - I'm sure I can spend some time and catch up, I don't think 2YN is something I want to give up on.

The reason I decided to write a new post is just to say that I'm starting Script Frenzy in April and I'm excited - mostly because TV scripts are a little more low-key than novels and I'm not so serious about it, so I think that for me it will make it easier to come up with ideas.

Waffles

So I changed my mind about what I want my story to be about - I'm worried that I'm never going to come to a decision, so I'm making a concsious effort to keep with this new story and not change the premise again. The problem is that the nature of novels is ambiguity and change right up to publication, so to commit to one thing so solidly might jeopordize future ideas. I have to find a balance. I do know one thing for certain - I'm not doing assignment one over again!

Assignment #1 - Complete

I have finished assignment #1 for 2YN, but as I went over all the other posts already up I'm beginning to feel like my story isn't quite up to par.

What I'm really worried about is the theme - I want a theme that I actually care about. I want people to read my novel and truly get something from it. I'm going to have work long and hard on that one.

Graceling by Kristin Cashore

As this is Cashore's first published novel, I am truly impressed. I bought it on a whim - I wasn't sure about the purchase, but when I read Tamora Pierce's recommendation on the back I was convinced. I guess those jacket-quotes work after all.

I think what I really liked about this novel is that it's got a similar feel to the type of novel I'm wanting to write. And I liked that the main character, Katsa, thought it was of the utmost importance that all women know how to defend themselves rather than rely on the men in their lives. Even though Katsa was independent, Cashore didn't go so far as to have her reject everyone - at one point in the novel Katsa needed to be defended also. I think that went along with some of the theme of the novel - no man (or woman) is an island. Even though Katsa was the perfect killer, she still needed the protection of others from time to time.

:(

Okay, so I had an entire post written, then a bunch of stuff happened, and now I'm writing my post all over again. But I'm too lazy to re-do the whole thing, so let me just summarize for you:



My dad made me feel guilty about being flaky (not on purpose of course).



I started Bible study again.

Caught up in Felicity

No, I'm not watching that ridiculous college drama that was on the WB back when it still was the WB - it's worse than that. I'm watching Felicity, a dramatization of a Dear America book...or maybe an American Girl story, I'm not really sure.

Anyway, what I'm really trying to do is generate ideas for 2YN. I broke down and bought the book, and I'm working on the first week. I need to write an idea for my novel in a single sentence. So I'm off now to find inspiration.

Time to brainstorm

So as I've mentioned already, I'm taking the 2YN class in January, and I already have a bit of an idea of what I want to write my book about. But Lazette specifically said on her post that we should come to this class without any developed characters or worlds. Well myself, I've been working on a world with Holly Lisle's Create A Culture and Create A Language clinics. I haven't gotten very far in, but what is that my pre-concieved idea of what my world will be like is going to affect my brainstorming when the class starts. Perhaps it would be better for me to start completely fresh, so that I can come up with the BEST ideas, and not just regurgitate ideas that I've been chewing on for weeks...

I think I'm going to try and put my previous world from my mind so that everything will be from scratch come January 1st.