PC Problems
Well the new PC I recieved had a cracked motherboard and everything else wrong with it, it couldnt even play a single track without going wrong severly. So I returned it to PC world and with the help of their terrible staff I got a new Packard Bell iMedia which, I have to say is a superstar, it can do so much and so quickley and has a decent graohics card to play some great games.
Writing is going fairly well and I should be starting it soon when I have everything on my new PC sorted.
A New PC
YAY! I finally have my new PC and I love it, The screen is pristine and the specs of the computer are supberb. I will finally be able to have iTunes open whilst writing andf browsing the net at the same time. It can handle game (I'm a fan of sim city) so that will be installed very shortly. I am really pleased with its speed as well.
This means I will be more comfortable using it, so I will be writing more often.
Meanwhile my doddery old laptop is going to be sent back to the PC Clinic and get a makeover.
Story Merge
I started one story and its merged into The Mauve Eye, I've decided to hell with a plan, I'm writing this from the top of my head along with my world and character builds. I may end up regretting it but I never have had a good plan when I write it down, this seems to have a little depth to it.
Im using the Mauve Eye for a contest I've started and entering, "Lumos 3 Month Novel Challenge" and Ive told myself to write a minumum of 1000 words a day starting from Monday.
Oh and I should be getting a new PC soon YAY!
Plot Forming
Well, after promising myself I would start plotting Mauve Eye days ago, I suddenly decided I wouldn’t, I need a realluy good plot in my head before I get anything on paper, and I already have the culture of my Witch Hunters firmly in place.
It’s a realaly great culture and it fits my nameless main character perfectly, I am already getting scene ideas just from simple background info. Now I will go onto to some location work and mapping, which is always fun. Then, hopefully I need to work on religions, government etc… I am really going into depth with this one because I’ve learned from previous mistakes. I need almost everything in place before I begin.
THen finally, once wordbuilding is over I will be able to get to grips with the little details of my MC, and I also need to work on another major character I have in mind.
Ooo…Exciting 
The Annoyance of New Writers
Well, another rant today!
I can not abide people who say “I’m a writer” then approach me with a single paragraph that has taken them a week to think up of. Why take time on 50-100 words when you have 90000+ words to write for a Novel? I don’t see the logic in it and further more, because they arn’t writing all the time, plotting etc… they become fed up with it and don’t write again. I sigh and restrain myself from lashing out at these new writers.
I just say “write the damn thing” because at the end of the say they can go back and edit anything they were unhappy with in the revision. Writers write. There is nothing more or nothing less about the sentence, but none of them listen, which annoys me even more.
So I’ll give one piece of advice today: If you are a writer, just write the damn thing!
The Reason I Hate MOST Fanfiction
Fanfiction, the ever growin, overused cliche that is currently littering the net. Basically writing a story set in another author's world and mostly with other author's characters. Yet young aspiring writers choose to write this and ask me "Oh will you review my fanfic, I'm a really good writer." Often the answer is a sharp "No" and I am about to explain why.
I don't get the idea of writing something which at the end you have to disclaim that it belongs to X Author, the fun of completing a piece which you can then go onto market is taken away.
Secondly, the worldbuilding aspect is taken away, ifyou can't world build then there is little point in writing it. I find world building one of the most fun, and essential, parts of writing and without it I wouldn't have any enthusiasm for actually writing the story.
Another fanfiction hate is when people write about the characters already created, another joy of writing is removed. I love character creation, I love to see my characters dance across the page, live and breathe and smile when he does things that I have added into his personality. That is not possible when fanfic writers use the author's characters.
There just seems to be no orginality in 99% of fanfiction, it has a half-baked plot, characters by the author that arn't written correctly and poor grammar. I have not read one that I like yet.
Beware of the fanfiction murderer!
No Inspiration
For some reason I don't feel inspired to write, I can't seem to continue into my planning phase with Mauve Eye, I just keep on playing forum based RP sites, its a sort of writing but its cheating because I am playing in someone else's world. I really need to pull my thumb out and get on with planning Mauve Eye and then characterising my first person, who at the moment is "cold." I need more dimension to him, and maybe a little less evil considering he is the protagonist.
I aim to get a world started, after French homework, and then start fleshing out my map and deciding what exactly the story is. Yeah I've got "Witch Hunters" but it isn't exactly a story, I need to get a fantastic plot which will come after my characters and world.
Take Care.
Back From Chamonix, Back to Writing
Well, now I am back from Chamonix I hope to continue with The Mauve Eye and also more writing of mine that I started what seems like months ago.
Chamonix was excellent, I enjoyed going on the ski-slope and Aguille du Midi — the views were fantastic and gave me much inspiration for mounthain writing.
Apart from the good bits I feel like I am on the ferry (up and down) and the transport and food at the hotel were abysmal.
Chamonix in Hours
In a few hours I will be on a VERY long journey to Chamonx on hte Franco-Swiss borders. A 22 journey is all I need to sap my creativity. Hopefully I will invent up a few characters while I'm on the bus and I'll plug them into my PDA. Of course from now on I will be working on The Mauve Eye, I cant wait to develop the first person from my sample chapter I write before building.
I have taken my PDA and keyboard so it may be possible to write a few things while I am there. I cant wait to go and go on Mount Blanc, it should be inspirational.
Blog Update in a Week!
New Ideas
Well I've had a new idea and I am going to be writing the story simultanious to Hell's Tools. I researched the market and the idea seems original. I am so worked up and cant wait to get started. As always I have written the first bit already and shall be plotting soon. I have my two main characters and a brief plot in my head.
Its called….
"The Mauve Eye" and its all about Witch Hunters. I am going off to write now…
