Today has been all over the place. I had nightmares again last night... this time I was being chased and almost killed by werewolves. And I kept getting separated from my loved ones which kept freaking me out. I woke up at 7am and couldn't go back to sleep. Which is kind of good because I have to wake up at 6am tomorrow because I have an doctors appointment really early in the morning. It's blood work so I'm REALLY not looking forward to it. I'm not sure if I've mentioned it but I am really scared of needles and cry really hard almost every time I get poked. I also have autistic meltdown when I have to have an IV in my arm for an extended period of time.
Yay autism.
I wrote a lot today, a little over 1,500 words! Which is great because I only have one more day to work on N For Not Human before it's pedal to the medal for the next thirty days on Cinder and Ash. I'm so excited to start writing that first draft. I already have the opening paragraph in my head. But I'm being a real stickler about not starting until the actual first of November. It's been painful but I want to have it be like authentically only written in the month of November because that is the challenge. But of course that is again the autism lol.
I was talking to my friend about our differing writing styles right now. She's more focus on one project and take it slow to keep herself motivated to keep going, she also doesn't have notebooks of ideas but we do have a similar style with little blurbs of story ideas on lists.
Just I have that crazy onslaught of constant ideas coming out of me and if I don't write them down right then, I'll lose a really good idea, maybe even a masterpiece. Too risky for my taste, so I write and write and write. I then take those blurbs and brainstorm and do what I call a "everything I know" page or pages, it's always pages lmao. This is where I figure out characters, plots, sub-plots, character arcs, relationships, families, settings, and literally anything and everything I can think of about that story. Sometimes I even write out scenes or bits of dialogue. These pages really help me remember everything I think about the story and all the bits and pieces that are usually really helpful to the writing process. I also have lots and lots of notebooks full of story ideas but that's my adhd brain just churning, churning, churning, all the time. It never rests and so neither do I. And I love writing in my little notebooks, outlining and planning process is so satisfying to me.
I think my friend felt maybe a little intimidated by the fact that I have a giant roster of book ideas but I reminded her that each person works differently. I'm not any better or anything, this is just how my brain works. I still have only finished one first draft of one book, and it's one that I was putting to the side. But then she said I should publish it because people are always interested in the paranormal books. It made me reconsider maybe after November I can start working on the second draft of that one. Also to the entire book cover design for that because I already know what it is going to look like. To be fair I already have the front cover created so I just have to expand it to the spine and back, and again I already know what it will look like. I just have to draw it. Same with Tigers Don't Take Naps, I have it all in my head and planned out on a word document, now it's just time to draw it.
Well it's time to get ready for sleep. I need to be up bright and early in the morning so I better get good sleep.
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