Wordcount: 25411
Words Written Today: 1328
Words I Still Need to Write Today: 339
Writing Music Obsession: The Lord of the Rings soundtrack.
It's funny how stories never seem to go quite how you expect them to.
The
story I'm writing now, I've told myself in my head a hundred times.
Each time it happens just a bit differently, but it's still the same
story. So, when I set out to write it down for NaNoWriMo, I figured that
I knew pretty well how it would play out.
But
the scenes I've written in the last few days, possibly in the last
week, are ones I never imagined. I didn't plan them. They weren't there
when I told the story in my head. Yet here they are, appearing on paper.
They came partially because I had gaps in my plans and I needed
something to fill them, but they're also changing the course of the
story ever so slightly. Hopefully, they're making it better.
In
a way, these unexpected scenes are one of my favorite parts of writing a
novel. I love writing the scenes I've been planning since before I even
started the story, yes, but the scenes that just happen are exciting in
a whole different way. They often reveal things about my characters and
plot that make me think "Oh, wow! I never thought of that before!"
Sometimes, they end up being my favorite scenes in the entire novel. And
sometimes I look back and realize "You know, this is a mess", but, hey,
as long as it's a fun-to-write mess, I'm ok with that. (At least until I
have to edit . . .)
Have you encountered
any unexpected scenes in your stories? How have they changed what you
were writing? Please tell me in the comments!
-Sarah (Leilani Sunblade)
