30 Days 2 is starting to teach me things about myself as a writer. Primarily... I'm starting to realize that I have an issue with expectation. Well, expectation and gratification. I'm finding it harder and harder to actually feel gratified when I do any writing. At least for this novel. And that inability to feel productive... Continue Reading →
30 Days of NaNoWriMo 2 – Day 19: No Escape
I managed to write today, although it was my first taste of getting home at 10PM. Yes, unfortunately, the Doubles Experiment is going to have to wait; the busy season has already reared its ugly head at work, and my schedule is already suffering. I only got to write for maybe 15 minutes on the job... Continue Reading →
30 Days of NaNoWriMo 2 – Day 18: The Problem with Indulgence
I had a strange moment earlier, when I felt a spot of charming dialogue coming on . . . and I narrowed my eyes. The clouds had parted and, after a few hours of work, I actually got a moment to sit down with my notebook and work out a scene. I got a few hundred words in, when Sydney... Continue Reading →
30 Days of NaNoWriMo 2 – Day 17: Writing a Kid
I wound up just sticking to one writing session for today, because that session was a pain in the ass. For reasons that I now totally understand: Yesterday, I got to write the intense nightmare Sydney Tempest was having. Today, I had to write Modis being super positive. But it wasn't so much the positivity that made today... Continue Reading →
30 Days of NaNoWriMo 2 – Day 16: So Tired
Hi there. Sorry if this post is super short, but I'm... what's the title of this post again? How writing went: the first half of it--the writing at work half--went really, really well. However, I completely acknowledge... that was only because I was stuck at another post where I could write and it was another super... Continue Reading →
30 Days of NaNoWriMo 2 – Day 15: The Double
So, today went alright. Not as awesomely as I was hoping though. Because, while getting ready to go out and get breakfast (instead of the jacket I previously mentioned because it was raining and the water wasn't running in my apartment)... I suddenly had an idea. When it comes to daily writing, I'm learning that my MO is... Continue Reading →
30 Days of NaNoWriMo 2 – Day 14: Before the Storm
Today was another easy writing session. Mind you, I left it for the absolute worst time of the day, when I'm least likely to write--in the evening, around bedtime. Not an ideal time to aim for, of course, but alright for training. Important for training actually . . . Because that busy season I mentioned,... Continue Reading →
30 Days of NaNoWriMo 2 – Day 13: Back in the Comfort Zone
So, I want to talk about something I realized yesterday. Could've talked about it then, but I felt like it deserved its own post. After my toaster refused to work, after narrowing my eyes at birds ripping leaves off of the tree by my window, I decided to head out and buy actual food--a wholesome breakfast... Continue Reading →
30 Days of NaNoWriMo 2 – Day 12: It Didn’t Work
Words for the Day: 1,492 Weird thing about that word total; my plan from yesterday (establish a work space at home, make coffee, write early in the morning, save a line as an easy starting point for the next day) absolutely didn't work. My experience with the attempt: I woke up to find that my... Continue Reading →
30 Days of NaNoWriMo 2 – Day 11: The Old, Old Ways Then, I Guess
The notebook trick didn't work today. Actually . . . I didn't write at all. And, I don't know why. Actually, I do know why--I just didn't write. I just, on multiple occasions, hit the point where I could've written, and instead of doing that, I just didn't. Not my proudest confession, but I'll own it at least.... Continue Reading →
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