So I finished out the month with just under 41,000 words. I'm okay with that given the fact that I've been laid up with a cold for the past few days. I'm off work until the 4th and am giving myself those 3 more days to finish the 50,000 words. Despite technically failing I'm feeling pretty good about the whole project. I really like my characters and my plot and there is some really good stuff mixed in with all the rambling. 41,000 words is the most I've ever written in a month. Plus I'm confident that I will finish this book because I know my ending and am excited to write it. So overall, NaNoWriMo was a win for me. I can't wait to dive into revisions and make this thing a book!
It's Teaser Tuesday and I've been inspired by some of the writers out there like Maggie Stiefvater (and the rest of The Merry Sisters of Fate) and Victoria Schwab who have been sharing their teenage writing. It's fun to look back and see how much I've changed.
I think the biggest surprise to me was how much all my writing was about love. Desperate, yearning, melodramatic love. I'm pretty sure I could win an award in the flowery, purple prose category. And so, without further adieu I present to you this little ditty all the way from 10th grade (transcribed exactly as handwritten) that will forever more be known as:
Epic Fail
Love is lost...
like a moment's twinkling in an eye
Never to be recaptured.
Love is lost...
like the heartbeat of pure beauty
when your eyes meet a young fawn's
Lost forever.
Love is lost...
like the single dew drop on a rose petal
before the sun rises completely
to pluck it's diamond like essence
from its red velvet cushion.
Gone.
Love is lost...
on you.
*sigh* Really hits home doesn't it? I could make so much snarky commentary on this, but I think, really, it speaks for itself.
Now, get on over to Kiersten White's blog and enter her YA book giveaway! She's giving out books to two of her favorite funny writing snippets. Plus she's giving out more to people who enter at random! It ends tomorrow. Go!
5 comments:
Aww, that's cute! I won, luckily but as long as you plan to finish it, I wouldn't feel too bad about it :) Good luck!
adorable.
I must admit I pictured a Mr. Tumnus faun.
So cute! I remember how dramatic it was to be fifteen :)
i also thought of Tumnus, actually, LOL. High school romance is so fun and dramatic. :)
I like that last little jab about "love is lost-- on you." :)
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