Nano
Well, it's November, and I'm a-noveling. This year is so much less stressful than last November, and I feel like I'm making good progress. Of course, I'm more than 10,000 words behind par,
but I had midterms the first week of November. I'm working feverishly to make up lost time.
Like last year, goal is to write a complete unit. Unlike last year, I feel like I've selected a more manageable plot. I tried to take on a whole epic plot, but I failed, probably because I'm much better at exposition than at conflict. This year, I've managed to make the exposition a better story, enough to be a whole story on its own. I can leave the rest of the epic for a sequel. :)
I've heard many times that writing is easier in a font you like. I don't think that's entirely true: I'm fine in Arial, even though that doesn't really match the story. But I finally realized that part of the problem I'm having in telling my story is that there are two main characters, and I like to tell different parts of the story in different voices. And using different fonts makes it seem like that's planned - which it is - rather than just an inability to hold onto the narrator's perspective. And once I changed the font for one of them, I'm starting to think the other one also deserves a properly-chosen font.
I'm really having fun with this. You can follow my progress at http://nanowrimo.org/en/participants/toldbyanidiot/novels/no-title-yet205/stats
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3 comments:
i read somewhere that if you want people to pay attention reading a lot of text at once, you need a serif font, like Times New Roman or (my fave) Garamond.
but i love arial narrow, too.
I think I read something like that once, too.
Right now, I'm using Candara (for the female lead's viewpoint) and Book Antiqua (for the male lead's viewpoint). Neither is perfect, but they'll do for now. Funnily enough, both are serif fonts. I think serif just feels more appropriate. I couldn't read a whole book in a sans-serif font.
I'm always fond of Elephant and Comic Sans. (shrugs shoulders) I love that you are still writing!
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