Back to Novel Writing

Now that I'm through with classes . . . man that still seems weird to write . . . I guess when something has been a daily part of your life for 3 and a half years . . .  when it goes away, it's a bit of a loss. 

Regardless, now that I'm through with those classes, I'm thinking of . . . I'm going to get back into my novel writing. It won't be immediate. I still have to finish my dissertation, but just the experiment and the report on it over the course of the next few months is nothing compared to taking 6 or 7 Masters and PhD level classes every year. 

So, that makes me wonder how to go about it. I have started Sunset Perfect several times now. The last time I started it, I was really happy with where it was going. I want to channel Hopkins, make him a bit of a bum, try to get into the league again, step sister who is arlready a part of the team, Westerby being a jerk, sniper just like the short story. 

It was going real well. 

But I don't want to do that one. Why? I don't know. Just don't. 

I think I want a third person POV writing project. That means the Elephants in Nairobi novel, or one of the others that's not as well developed. 

I've decided to go with the one about the girl who moves to Northern Coloardo, has a car crash and just has to struggle struggle struggle until she's back on top. The one about the gal who couldn't even adopt a dog. 

I wrote this several NaNo's ago. 

But I will NOT just use that. I'm going to try and do something more. I'm going to outline, I'm going to deliberately write this one. I'm also listening to and taking notes on James Thayer's Essential Guide to Writing a Novel. 

I think I'm even going to start a podcast on this one. I'm going to call it "So you're writing another novel" . . . there's already a podcast called "So you're writing a novel", and it's not bad, but I'm going to be inspried by that one and try my own. So, we shall see how it all goes!