I've been immersing myself in my writing. I want to be at a 50k word count by March 1st, so every day I push myself to write, write, write.
Who cares if the scenes don't flow. I'll piece it together when I edit and revise. You know I'll be chopping it up anyways.
I'm writing a romance novel. Gotta start somewhere. It's fun and short and makes me happy.
Certain things help keep me focused and inspired. One of them being music. Everyone knows music can inspire and move people. Certain songs evoke certain feelings and I find myself at my computer typing away.
However, when I am actually writing I can't listen to music with words. I start focusing on the words and get distracted. Next thing you know, I'm on pinterest. Ooh! That site gets me every time!
I really like writing with music from movie soundtracks playing in the background. The more intense, the better. Sometimes I find myself constructing an intense shooting scene or car bombing and realize I've been listening to Bourne Supremacy. My music choices have influenced my writing and taken away from the romantic aspect of my book. I like it anyways.
I love Pirates of the Caribbean because it has a nice rhythm. I find myself typing to the rhythm. If the music gets slow and sad, I begin to get slow and sad.
Another trick I've learned is to act out my dialogue. They say it keeps your dialogue believable. So here I am home alone listening to the Pirates of the Caribbean and acting out my scenes.
Let me just add that one of my characters is an old Greek woman. My accent needs much work and sounds more Russian mixed with Scottish, if you can imagine.
I'm struggling to come up with words she might use. Slang words or authentic Greek words that make her character believable. If anyone's got any ideas I'd love to hear them.
so happy for you and enjoy hearing about your writing journey :)
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