{"id":2243,"date":"2009-10-13T22:26:52","date_gmt":"2009-10-14T03:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/?p=2243"},"modified":"2009-10-14T06:54:37","modified_gmt":"2009-10-14T11:54:37","slug":"collaboration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/?p=2243","title":{"rendered":"Collaboration"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is now only a few weeks from November 1, the start of the “write a novel in a month” month at www.nanowrimo.org<\/a>. I am very excited. Doubly so because a friend and I decided we would tag team it – she and I will create the novel together, each writing on alternate days. We each have our respective lead characters, with their respective imaginary worlds trailing behind them like so much confetti, and we are now working our heads around how our characters will get along with each other.<\/p>\n

There is probably an optimum amount of pre-planning, and with any luck we won’t miss the mark by too much. Going into the writing itself, the ideas need to be just the right amount of half-baked. Too raw, and we’ll end up with nothing but a sprawling mess. Too overcooked, and there won’t be any room for the thing to breathe, for our characters to reveal true selves and hidden destinies.<\/p>\n

A certain amount of pre-planning is good, but let’s face it, characters truly come alive only once they are written. Your protagonist needs to meet the Buddha on the road, not in the motel room before even getting in the car. And in that spirit, we’re filling the old think tank with gas, firing up our creative spark plug, and mixing our metaphors like there’s no tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Nanowrimo here we come!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is now only a few weeks from November 1, the start of the “write a novel in a month” month at www.nanowrimo.org. I am very excited. Doubly so because a friend and I decided we would tag team it – she and I will create the novel together, each writing on alternate days. We … Continue reading “Collaboration”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2243"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2247,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2243\/revisions\/2247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}