More distractions! Today was a horrible day for writing. I don't like the point I am at in the story and am feeling hopelessly UNcreative today. I need to break through this problem. Maybe a change of venue would help. My word count is low. I know I took at least a couple hundred words back out as I continue to sin against NaNo and edit what I have. It's a bad habit I must break ASAP!
November 9:
Words today: 381 (OMG that's horrible!)
Words total: 24,742
Monday, November 9, 2009
Sunday, November 8, 2009
NaNo Day 8
Today was full of distractions. I was only able to spend about an hour writing after everything else quieted down. The result: not much progress. I'm actually pretty nervous about the state of my story at the moment. Some things have progressed faster than I wanted them to, and I am not sure there is enough of a story left to tell from this point forward. I will find out soon enough if I am right. After all, NaNoWriMo is only a month long, right?
November 8:
Words today: 1,823
Words total: 24,361
November 8:
Words today: 1,823
Words total: 24,361
My Reading 2009 #1
I decided to add what I read to this site, just to keep literary stuff in one place. To that end, here are some books I recently finished:
(Some time in the summer): Dune. This was fantastic and well-written. The movies (both versions) and the miniseries don't do it justice. For a sci-fi book, the world-building was amazing and consistent and the characters well-developed.
(Beginning of September): "Girls of Riyadh" by Rajaa Alsanea. Basically, it was Saudi Arabia gossip, though it did give some insight into their culture (from one person's perspective, anyway).
9/16/2009: "The Naked Sun" by Isaac Asimov. It was alright, I guess. I didn't believe a senior investigator would get so flustered by one naked spacer, though. The story seemed pretty innocent and naive, like comparing TNG to DS9. *ahem* Those are Star Trek references. Sorry.
10/5/2009: "Articles of War" by Nick Arvin. Elegant prose; colorful descriptions of a wide variety of situations; and a well-defined main character I couldn't care less about.
10/9/2009: "The Rescue" by Nicholas Sparks (same guy who wrote The Notebook, on which the movie was based). Cute story, but it alternated between feeling like a soap opera and feeling like I'm reading the second or third draft of someone's NaNoWriMo novel, where they're trying like crazy to make their word count.
(The end of October): "Dirty Play" by Sandra Brown. The characters in this book confused me at first, and the author played a maddening game of "I'll tell you later," but in the end, once I got with the tempo, it was a fun little ride.
That's all for now, though I've currently got three books underway. I suspect that November is not a good month for reading, however.
(Some time in the summer): Dune. This was fantastic and well-written. The movies (both versions) and the miniseries don't do it justice. For a sci-fi book, the world-building was amazing and consistent and the characters well-developed.
(Beginning of September): "Girls of Riyadh" by Rajaa Alsanea. Basically, it was Saudi Arabia gossip, though it did give some insight into their culture (from one person's perspective, anyway).
9/16/2009: "The Naked Sun" by Isaac Asimov. It was alright, I guess. I didn't believe a senior investigator would get so flustered by one naked spacer, though. The story seemed pretty innocent and naive, like comparing TNG to DS9. *ahem* Those are Star Trek references. Sorry.
10/5/2009: "Articles of War" by Nick Arvin. Elegant prose; colorful descriptions of a wide variety of situations; and a well-defined main character I couldn't care less about.
10/9/2009: "The Rescue" by Nicholas Sparks (same guy who wrote The Notebook, on which the movie was based). Cute story, but it alternated between feeling like a soap opera and feeling like I'm reading the second or third draft of someone's NaNoWriMo novel, where they're trying like crazy to make their word count.
(The end of October): "Dirty Play" by Sandra Brown. The characters in this book confused me at first, and the author played a maddening game of "I'll tell you later," but in the end, once I got with the tempo, it was a fun little ride.
That's all for now, though I've currently got three books underway. I suspect that November is not a good month for reading, however.
Saturday, November 7, 2009
NaNo Day Seven
I'm not going to midnight tonight, unlike several other nights this week. I'm spending some time with my girlfriend instead. I know, "novel concept." Ha ha. Okay, bad pun. Here's today's words:
November 7:
Words today: 5,080
Words total: 22,538
November 7:
Words today: 5,080
Words total: 22,538
Catching Up
I missed doing this for the past couple days. I must've been distracted by something!
November 5:
Words today: 2,615
Words total: 15,628
November 6:
Words today: 1,830
Words total: 17,458
November 5:
Words today: 2,615
Words total: 15,628
November 6:
Words today: 1,830
Words total: 17,458
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Scared Myself
I scared myself this morning. I forgot that the very last part I wrote last night was on an earlier chapter. I opened my Word document this morning and Ctrl-Ended to the bottom. Reading through what was written there, my heart leapt into my throat. My most recently added words were gone!
No, not gone. Just not at that part of the story. Everything's alright again! /whew
No, not gone. Just not at that part of the story. Everything's alright again! /whew
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
NaNo 2009 Day Four
Today was rough. I didn't like the way two of my characters were introduced to each other, or the interaction between them after that, so I decided to sin against NaNoWriMo and rewrite part of it. I basically had to address a 2,500 word section of prose and change it around enough so that the introduction of the two characters made sense. That meant that all the interaction between them after that had to be changed as well, though the changes weren't as indepth as I thought they were going to be. At the end, I had exactly 30 more words than before, and the passage made far more sense then.
After that, I was able to add some new content to the story, and embellish a few places that were lacking. All in all, I was still shy of my goal for today, which was 13,333 (par for day 8 of NaNo), but I'm happy with where I am.
November 4:
Words today: 2,381 (net, though there were far more in the reworking effort)
Words total: 13,013
After that, I was able to add some new content to the story, and embellish a few places that were lacking. All in all, I was still shy of my goal for today, which was 13,333 (par for day 8 of NaNo), but I'm happy with where I am.
November 4:
Words today: 2,381 (net, though there were far more in the reworking effort)
Words total: 13,013
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