Word Vomit is A Good Thing

I've been working on my current writing project (which I will refer to as LE NOVEL for the time being) for about three or four days now. Well, I've technically been developing the idea since November and have tried writing the first chapter so many times it hurt, but for some reason on like Sunday everything clicked in my brain. I'm about 6,500 words in which actually amazes me because usually when I start new projects I'm completely unmotivated and really hate every word I write. This time is different.

There's something about this story where I feel like there's potential and I can really work with it. I'm always super thrilled to discover this while writing. Like, FINALLY! AN IDEA I CAN REALLY TRULY WORK WITH!! ALL THE EXCITEMENT! And there's something about this project that's really showing to me that I've improved a lot as a writer over the past three years or so because I'm accepting the fact that what I'm writing is most likely crap.

Yes, I said it. Hello, my name is Meg, and my writing is crap.

It's not easy for a lot of writers to come to terms with this fact, mainly because they expect everything they write to be super perfect on the first try. Ha. I've participated in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month for those of you who don't know) for the past three years and realized very quickly that a flawless novel is not just going to pour out of my fingertips as they zoom around my keyboard. No, a flawless novel is one that has many, many hours spent upon it, pampering it like a client at a spa. A novel must go through many stages before it is anywhere near ready for publication, but to start you need a rough draft.

Hint: They're called rough drafts for a reason.

So yes, I'm aware that what I'm writing right now is crappy and not my best. The world my story takes place in still needs a lot of developing, and I'm just adding concepts to it as they come to me. The long and tedious flashbacks need to be broken up and dispersed so I don't give too much away at once, and my characters. Oh man, my characters. There's only one character I've got a good solid hold on, while the rest are floundering in the palm of my hand. Most of what I've written so far is useless and unnecessary, but the word vomit is good. So good. Very good. Much good, very writing, perfect for Doge.

Sorry. I've been seeing waaaaay too much of that Doge meme on Tumblr.

Anyway, it's better that I get a hell of a lot of words out in the beginning so that I have more to work with when revising and editing and all that wonderful stuff that will eventually help me produce a shiny novel. I'm very excited.

Okay. I'm going to go write some more of LE NOVEL. Word vomit, here I come.