Public service message to all my friends and family: STOP CALLING ME. IT IS NOVEMBER. TRY AGAIN AFTER DEC. 1ST.
THANK YOU. /end
It could be said that I am very behind - and that could be true. Ok yeah, it is true. I'm like 5k behind. (Sitting at just over 13k on day 11)
BUT!
That is not too much to come back from. I've got a weekend upcoming, and this time I'm not going to let a million people pull me in a million directions. I'm going to go grocery shopping, buy some wonderful food, and lock myself in my apartment with it.
I keep telling myself that there's the lovely reward of the Venture Bros. season finale on the 21st if I can catch up - which involves, if I can take Doc at his word, "the best fucking homeschool prom $500 can buy." All I have to say to that is "yarrrrr."
Listening to: Michael Giacchino - Star Trek soundtrack
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Saturday, November 6, 2010
tbd
I am now attempting to choose a surname for a character who has not had one for more than five years.
rawr.
So I didn't get a single word written yesterday, due to attending a webseries premiere. But! I'm back on the horse today. I watched a disc of Samurai Champloo and I've got a few new ideas, and a renewed zeal to boost the humor quota. You can only let your heroine be emo for so long.
I would like to make someone duel - but I have no idea who.
Listening to: Kick-Ass soundtrack
I would like to make someone duel - but I have no idea who.
Listening to: Kick-Ass soundtrack
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Day 4 post-op.
Today I'm cutting myself some slack. I've been kind of sleep-deprived all week, so I'm calling it a night early at 695 words. Total word count 6195. I'm about 2k behind where I'd like to be, but I intend to get some solid extra work done this weekend after sleeping to the crack of noon.
Listening to: still Inception (such a good soundtrack)
Listening to: still Inception (such a good soundtrack)
Observation
My subconscious is wayyyyy too dramatic. I can't believe I just pissed off my most buoyant character.
Good thing this month's production is just a first draft. (The surprises along the way are half the point.)
Jul is in the forest and being quite emo.
Listening to: Hans Zimmer - Inception
Good thing this month's production is just a first draft. (The surprises along the way are half the point.)
Jul is in the forest and being quite emo.
Listening to: Hans Zimmer - Inception
Day 3 post-op.
2121 words written today. No, that is not a made-up number, and neither is the grand total - 5500. These things just happen.
Today Jul is still at school. I have a feeling she'll still be at school tomorrow. Maybe maybe not. It depends on how many classes I want to give an introduction to. Ms. Miller and Mr. Tailor were really the only two teachers whose characters I already knew. So I could possibly move ahead to the forest and come back for the others. Maybe.
Hahahahahhahaha. (I have now entered delirium.)
Kei was awesome today. The best part? He hasn't even *said* anything yet. Yeahhhh.
Quote of the day is from Arrested Development:
"Don't ask 'Can I?' Ask 'I can!'"
#STEVEHOLT
Listening to: T.A.T.U. - Clowns (200km/h in the Wrong Lane)
Today Jul is still at school. I have a feeling she'll still be at school tomorrow. Maybe maybe not. It depends on how many classes I want to give an introduction to. Ms. Miller and Mr. Tailor were really the only two teachers whose characters I already knew. So I could possibly move ahead to the forest and come back for the others. Maybe.
Hahahahahhahaha. (I have now entered delirium.)
Kei was awesome today. The best part? He hasn't even *said* anything yet. Yeahhhh.
Quote of the day is from Arrested Development:
"Don't ask 'Can I?' Ask 'I can!'"
#STEVEHOLT
Listening to: T.A.T.U. - Clowns (200km/h in the Wrong Lane)
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
On the introduction of Kei.
Kei just stepped into the manuscript for the first time, and I've got to say, he made a much better showing than I expected.
And that's saying something.
Rhys is going to have a hard time following that act.
(There is a huuuuuge grin on my face.)
Listening to: Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard - Why So Serious? (The Crystal Method Remix)
And that's saying something.
Rhys is going to have a hard time following that act.
(There is a huuuuuge grin on my face.)
Listening to: Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard - Why So Serious? (The Crystal Method Remix)
Day 2 post-op.
Today's word count is 2264.
WOOOOOOOO
That means I surpassed my Daily Qwest of 2k. GO ME!
Today I got Jul to school, but I haven't gotten to class yet. I'm getting the distinct impression that I am not going to run out of material. Tomorrow, Jul meets her class. I still don't have a name for the school. Oops.
I am still learning what Bea is actually like, but that's ok. This is my rough draft, and I am using it to learn what she wants me to know. I assume that 50,000 words later, I'll have a much better idea what she intends to say. The only things I know for certain is that she is The Grandmother, and she is Lawful Good. Sometimes this is all you need to know to start writing a character.
Hans saved my sanity again tonight.
Listening to: Hans Zimmer - Gladiator
WOOOOOOOO
That means I surpassed my Daily Qwest of 2k. GO ME!
Today I got Jul to school, but I haven't gotten to class yet. I'm getting the distinct impression that I am not going to run out of material. Tomorrow, Jul meets her class. I still don't have a name for the school. Oops.
I am still learning what Bea is actually like, but that's ok. This is my rough draft, and I am using it to learn what she wants me to know. I assume that 50,000 words later, I'll have a much better idea what she intends to say. The only things I know for certain is that she is The Grandmother, and she is Lawful Good. Sometimes this is all you need to know to start writing a character.
Hans saved my sanity again tonight.
Listening to: Hans Zimmer - Gladiator
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Mysterious Benefactor
Plotting upcoming scenes on my lunch break! And some while working! Ahhhh it's good to have my priorities straight.
Today's challenge is the archetypical "mysterious benefactor" that kicks the hero/heroine off down the path of adventure in oh-so-many fairy tales. Mine is a politically correct talking cat. Subtly named Cat.
I'm thinking I should send Jul to school first, and let her meet her classmates under normal circumstances, before I give her magical artifacts to complicate things. It's good to establish a status quo before you go tearing it to pieces.
That makes the order of business for this evening:
Listening to: Chiodos - Stratovolcano Mouth (Illuminaudio)
Today's challenge is the archetypical "mysterious benefactor" that kicks the hero/heroine off down the path of adventure in oh-so-many fairy tales. Mine is a politically correct talking cat. Subtly named Cat.
I'm thinking I should send Jul to school first, and let her meet her classmates under normal circumstances, before I give her magical artifacts to complicate things. It's good to establish a status quo before you go tearing it to pieces.
That makes the order of business for this evening:
- finish the dinner scene
- send Jul to school - this should be rather lengthy.
- if I finish that, move on to the forest.
Listening to: Chiodos - Stratovolcano Mouth (Illuminaudio)
Day 1 post-op.
Well today's word count was 1115, which considering all the structuring I did in addition, is pretty great.
I'm employing a strategy that's somewhat new to me, in an attempt to promote flow - I'm stopping my writing for the day in the middle of a scene, when the rest of that scene is fully formed in my mind. This is in opposition to my previous habit of just writing until I felt a natural stopping point. I've always found that I have trouble digging back into a chapter that I've stopped at a natural stopping point. So we'll see if this serves me any better.
Tonight's work was the very very beginning of chapter 1, and is intended to give reasonable introductions to Jul (the heroine), Simon (her father), and Bea (her grandmother). I've already learned important, character-shaping things about all three of them in those two pages that I had not heretofore thought of. So even though I technically only got half of my "daily quest" done, I consider today to be a big success.
It's definitely true that thinking about a character will only take you so far. While I am supremely confident in my character creation abilities (characters are my very best thing), perhaps this hubris limits me more than I know. The act of writing the character in a scene, of letting them really breathe and run around and punch people and laugh and be embarrassed that they hate meat, inevitably shows me that my invention-by-thought is only half of the process. I can only think through the base of the character. All the rest, the character tells me. Writing a scene is a dual act for me - at one time, yes, I am writing a scene. At the same time, I am having a dialogue with the character who quite suddenly knows much better than I do.
Damn.
Let's see if I can do better tomorrow.
Listening to: Radiohead - 2+2=5 (The Lukewarm) (Hail to the Thief)
I'm employing a strategy that's somewhat new to me, in an attempt to promote flow - I'm stopping my writing for the day in the middle of a scene, when the rest of that scene is fully formed in my mind. This is in opposition to my previous habit of just writing until I felt a natural stopping point. I've always found that I have trouble digging back into a chapter that I've stopped at a natural stopping point. So we'll see if this serves me any better.
Tonight's work was the very very beginning of chapter 1, and is intended to give reasonable introductions to Jul (the heroine), Simon (her father), and Bea (her grandmother). I've already learned important, character-shaping things about all three of them in those two pages that I had not heretofore thought of. So even though I technically only got half of my "daily quest" done, I consider today to be a big success.
It's definitely true that thinking about a character will only take you so far. While I am supremely confident in my character creation abilities (characters are my very best thing), perhaps this hubris limits me more than I know. The act of writing the character in a scene, of letting them really breathe and run around and punch people and laugh and be embarrassed that they hate meat, inevitably shows me that my invention-by-thought is only half of the process. I can only think through the base of the character. All the rest, the character tells me. Writing a scene is a dual act for me - at one time, yes, I am writing a scene. At the same time, I am having a dialogue with the character who quite suddenly knows much better than I do.
Damn.
Let's see if I can do better tomorrow.
Listening to: Radiohead - 2+2=5 (The Lukewarm) (Hail to the Thief)
Monday, November 1, 2010
Structure
Alright, I have a decent bit of structure down - enough to kick off with. I got distracted picking out a piano piece for Kei to play at the end - but I think it's a good one and worth the time.
Now for a wake-up-stupid shower, and I'll get cracking on something that will actually contribute to the almighty Word Count.
Listening to: Chopin - Nocturne in C sharp minor
(that is not what Kei will be playing...)
Now for a wake-up-stupid shower, and I'll get cracking on something that will actually contribute to the almighty Word Count.
Listening to: Chopin - Nocturne in C sharp minor
(that is not what Kei will be playing...)
Christening.
Hello blogsphere. I am Aine. You may call me Aine.
Fans of the Venture Bros. may recognize my working title. Five points if you can name the episode from whence it cometh. For the record, this title has absolutely nothing to do with the content of the story. I'll worry about naming the stupid thing later, when it's significantly less stupid.
This is my first time participating in National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo for short. Admittedly 50,000 words in 30 days sounds spectacularly daunting... but I did the math and realized that if I just write 2,000 words a day (about 4 single-spaced pages) I'll surpass the goal. To hold myself extra accountable, I'm keeping this blog to report on my progress. Mostly to myself. Whee.
I might even post some stuff like cute little character bios along the way, or maybe a sketch or two. Yes, that's right, I draw my characters. Most of them have really great hair.
Anyway, thanks for stopping by. Please feed the writer. Preferably with sushi.
Off to pound my face against the keyboard...
Listening to: Hans Zimmer - Batman Begins
Fans of the Venture Bros. may recognize my working title. Five points if you can name the episode from whence it cometh. For the record, this title has absolutely nothing to do with the content of the story. I'll worry about naming the stupid thing later, when it's significantly less stupid.
This is my first time participating in National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo for short. Admittedly 50,000 words in 30 days sounds spectacularly daunting... but I did the math and realized that if I just write 2,000 words a day (about 4 single-spaced pages) I'll surpass the goal. To hold myself extra accountable, I'm keeping this blog to report on my progress. Mostly to myself. Whee.
I might even post some stuff like cute little character bios along the way, or maybe a sketch or two. Yes, that's right, I draw my characters. Most of them have really great hair.
Anyway, thanks for stopping by. Please feed the writer. Preferably with sushi.
Off to pound my face against the keyboard...
Listening to: Hans Zimmer - Batman Begins
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