Stream of Consciousness Saturday, At the Beginning

October 11, 2025 8:23 pm

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “at the beginning.” Use it any way you’re inspired to. Enjoy!

At the beginning of this month I had plans. I wanted to develop characters for my NaNoWriMo novel and maybe find a bit of plot to get me started.

Somehow life happened and I only felt one character standing up for himself. And at that he seems quite miserable.

I felt like a police sketch artist reading the random characteristics. But I finally had a sketch. Today I reviewed by using some colored pencils.

Yeah, he’s to be a minor antagonist. A wannabe cowboy/mountain man afraid of bridges and heights. Swollen feet fight cowboy boots. Straw hats allow sun as he never feels the sun enough in his life. He’s manic about being outside in the sun. His club foot gives him a limp. His name is Ervin Norbert Dorris.

I wanted to get involved with Inktober but day 1 for me will be when I introduce Viktor Tobias Olson. He has a mustache to start all kinds of trouble. But he’ll show up in a day or so with other Inky props.

Posted by darsword

6 Responses to “Stream of Consciousness Saturday, At the Beginning”

I like your rendition of Ervin.

By yvensong on October 11, 2025 at 11:22 pm

Thanks.

By darsword on October 12, 2025 at 9:01 am

The pencil sketch is nice 🙂

By Lakshmi Bhat on October 12, 2025 at 7:10 am

Thank you.

By darsword on October 12, 2025 at 9:00 am

Nice sketch. I stand to be corrected, but I believe NaNoWriMo is no more, since April this year. But alternatives have been popping up.

By Debbie Gravett on October 13, 2025 at 12:40 am

Thank you. You are right. Sadly there isn’t a website, but I’ve been doing NaNo since I read No Plot, No Problem came out. I wrote my first novel post 9/11, on my commute train to work from ides of March to the ides of April, sans website.

Please send any alternatives you find here and I’ll share. I miss having a place to keep track and a bit of commeradery.

By darsword on October 13, 2025 at 9:04 am

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