I’ve been trying to Fast Draft for the first two weeks of August, but it hasn’t worked so well for me.
First, let me explain what Fast Drafting is. Basically, it’s focusing on getting 20 pages written a day by not allowing yourself to look back, edit, tweak or flesh out your words. It’s designed so you can puke out the first draft of a novel in one feel swoop. Normally I love this. It’s right up my alley to get things done in a binge fashion, but this time I find that all my characters and ideas are jamming together in my head and on the page.
It’s a first for me, and I think it’s due to the fact that I’ve been thinking about these various stories in a vague way for a couple of years. All of them are erotic, and most are connected. The thing is, I’ve had story ideas simmering, and character profiles growing until I have a good handle on them, but I haven’t actually suited the characters to each other in any firm way, and many of them could be great fits.
It’s sort of like a big nightclub in my mind, and the characters are all circling each other, the air rife with chemistry and sexual attraction, but nobodies actually hooked up yet. *sigh* Someone has to take charge and tell them who they belong with, and I know that someone is me, but it’s not normally the ay I write my stories. Normally I just sort of start writing and the characters take over.
Once they’re all sorted out, I think I’ll have three solid hot, diverse and emotionally touching novels, and at least 2 more solid and deliciously naughty short stories…but right now I struggling.
I am determined though, that by the ned of this weekend I’ll have them corralled and paired up properly…so they can go about all sorts of improper fun. 😈
