The national novel writing month is coming up, and here at Kimbar's Wonderful World of Writing we've been getting ready for it the old fashioned way: with a spiral notebook, a pencil, and a brain full of completely random ideas. I'm thinking about doing some Jesus stuff, except this is more transgressive Jesus stuff with Jesus and God as main characters.
God's a drug addict.
Jesus hates him.
Neither of them like Christianity.
Anyway, just thought I'd give a quick update. Still in school, still enjoying that, turning 22 at the end of the month. Hope everyone out there is doing well =)
Friday, October 8, 2010
Friday, September 3, 2010
news from the editing front
Hey-lo. How's everybody doing out there in imaginary land? Things are going pretty well here. I've been spending most of my time making my way through varies movies and/or TV series. I just finished Firefly and its companion movie, Serenity. Very good show; I can see why people are so into it. And I can see what the obsession is with Summer Glau. She's a very good actress. I've also watched both complete seasons of True Blood, and the episodes that are out so far of the third season. I'm anxious for that last episode to come out. They've done a good job so far on that series.
I've been waiting for classes to start back up again - I miss school, and am looking forward to having something to do with my time again. And, I miss not being bored stiff. I actually welcome the stress. I feel like I have somewhere I'm going when I'm in the middle of classes. Summer drives me up a wall because I feel stagnant.
I've also, of course, been doing my editings. I can get about 100 pages edited a night, when I focus. I'm about 213 pages into the book. I wish I could read the whole thing through, front to back, without pausing except to make edits. That would be the best method of editing. I'll probably finish the editing of the book tonight, to be honest. I'm not sure when I'll get a printer I can print it out with, but I'm hoping soon. I'm planning to start querying on Monday. The first few chapters are ready.
I've been waiting for classes to start back up again - I miss school, and am looking forward to having something to do with my time again. And, I miss not being bored stiff. I actually welcome the stress. I feel like I have somewhere I'm going when I'm in the middle of classes. Summer drives me up a wall because I feel stagnant.
I've also, of course, been doing my editings. I can get about 100 pages edited a night, when I focus. I'm about 213 pages into the book. I wish I could read the whole thing through, front to back, without pausing except to make edits. That would be the best method of editing. I'll probably finish the editing of the book tonight, to be honest. I'm not sure when I'll get a printer I can print it out with, but I'm hoping soon. I'm planning to start querying on Monday. The first few chapters are ready.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
In Completion of Books
This update is to pass on to the world of Those Who Don't Read This Blog that I have completed, successfully, the first draft of this new version of The Devil Theory. Actually, it's probably the sixth or seventh draft if you count the number of drafts that I threw out, but it's all good in the end. This book is the largest book I've ever written, and if you choose not to count the National Novel Writing Month books that I wrote, it's probably the quickest I've ever written a book. It's 333 pages - "The End" comes at the very bottom of the page. You can fit one more line of writing in before it bleeds over onto the next page. It's 110,327 words, which is over twice the size of a NaNoWriMo book.
I'm feeling good about having finished this book. I've had what feels like a five or six year long case of writer's block. Aside from barely managing to finish the other version of this book that took me two or three years to write, and the NaNoWriMo books that I've written (one book completed, one book almost completed but much shorter than a typical NaNo book because I had about 20,000 words from a previous book I tried and failed to write during the first week and a half of NaNo), I haven't written anything of decent size since I finished Silver Chains in my sophomore year of high school.
Let me tell you, that does not feel very good for any writer. I was beginning to question myself - was I even meant to be a writer? Would I spend the rest of my life struggling to write pure crap and failing? Would I ever get published?
Now that I've finished The Devil Theory, over these few months in summer like I had planned and with almost a whole month that I can use to edit and start querying agents, I'm in a much better place emotionally.
So, these next few weeks will be spent editing. I'm not going to edit the book in proper chapter order because I'm more likely to remember problems in continuity if I'm not reading the book like I'd read any other book. It also lets me view each chapter as a small chunk of writing and work on the prose itself in a manageable amount. I'm also going to be compiling a list of literary agents I plan to query, and I'll be working on writing query letters and getting nice little query packages set up so I can start emailing ze agents.
Wish me luck, guys! I'll try to update more often now that I'm done with the writing. I was avoiding the major websites so I could focus on trying to finish the book - I was writing something like, 15-20 pages a night at the end there. I wrote 19 pages last night (which was technically this morning...the sun was totally up when I finished writing). The only website I've really been updating is Facebook. As I put it to a friend, "I've neglected everything but Facebook - which is my special little way of bragging about myself to the world so I don't get discouraged, writing all alone over here." I do need to feel like I'm doing something that's even a little bit social, around the edges, thus - Facebook. I've spammed all of my friends constantly with book updates. They'll probably be happy that it's over so they stop getting the two or three updates that come in at around 2 am and 4 am and sometimes 6 am.
Anyway, this entry is done for now. I will be back to post more soon.ish. I hope everybody who's not reading me (and those who miraculously are) is having a good week =) Many loves to all of you. Take care!
I'm feeling good about having finished this book. I've had what feels like a five or six year long case of writer's block. Aside from barely managing to finish the other version of this book that took me two or three years to write, and the NaNoWriMo books that I've written (one book completed, one book almost completed but much shorter than a typical NaNo book because I had about 20,000 words from a previous book I tried and failed to write during the first week and a half of NaNo), I haven't written anything of decent size since I finished Silver Chains in my sophomore year of high school.
Let me tell you, that does not feel very good for any writer. I was beginning to question myself - was I even meant to be a writer? Would I spend the rest of my life struggling to write pure crap and failing? Would I ever get published?
Now that I've finished The Devil Theory, over these few months in summer like I had planned and with almost a whole month that I can use to edit and start querying agents, I'm in a much better place emotionally.
So, these next few weeks will be spent editing. I'm not going to edit the book in proper chapter order because I'm more likely to remember problems in continuity if I'm not reading the book like I'd read any other book. It also lets me view each chapter as a small chunk of writing and work on the prose itself in a manageable amount. I'm also going to be compiling a list of literary agents I plan to query, and I'll be working on writing query letters and getting nice little query packages set up so I can start emailing ze agents.
Wish me luck, guys! I'll try to update more often now that I'm done with the writing. I was avoiding the major websites so I could focus on trying to finish the book - I was writing something like, 15-20 pages a night at the end there. I wrote 19 pages last night (which was technically this morning...the sun was totally up when I finished writing). The only website I've really been updating is Facebook. As I put it to a friend, "I've neglected everything but Facebook - which is my special little way of bragging about myself to the world so I don't get discouraged, writing all alone over here." I do need to feel like I'm doing something that's even a little bit social, around the edges, thus - Facebook. I've spammed all of my friends constantly with book updates. They'll probably be happy that it's over so they stop getting the two or three updates that come in at around 2 am and 4 am and sometimes 6 am.
Anyway, this entry is done for now. I will be back to post more soon.ish. I hope everybody who's not reading me (and those who miraculously are) is having a good week =) Many loves to all of you. Take care!
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
mystified triangles with cirular patterns
(copied from OD)
Ugh. Hello 5 am. So good to see you. Again. *head.desk*.
I'm exhausted so this will be short. Technically I slept most of the day but it wasn't very restful sleep, and I've been getting very little sleep this past week. Anyway, just did some writing. Thought I should since somebody was hint hinting for me to get around to it. He's right, I haven't been writing lately. I needed to work on that page count. Well, I did it. Not a fantastic page count, but I'm too lazy right now to go turn on the other computer and transfer files over from it to Lenore, or from Lenore to it. See, I'm writing on Lenore, but I've got a scene I cut saved on a document on the other computer, and I need that scene. I decided I'm going to write the council scene after all because this isn't a big enough chapter otherwise, and I think the Big Thing that's going on needs to carry over through both, and I really do want to get the powerplay between the characters out there. Plus, it feels like I'm skipping too much if I skip that scene.
I just have to get through this council meeting and then it will be smooth sailing from there. By that I mean mostly editing, which I can do without being inspired. After that I've got mostly action-oriented scenes, or at least scenes that make me want to write rather than scenes that drive me crazy. I'm not good at writing politics. Heh. Anyway, gonna go to sleep, then probably spend tomorrow writing or something. I hope. Just thought I'd give a quick update since it's been a few days. Wish me luck on getting back into writing again =)
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
poking your words
I'm exhausted right now. Haven't been getting much sleep at night these days. It's too bad - I wish I would get more. This time, I haven't even been staying up late writing. I haven't really done any writing this past few days, maybe week. It's been a while since I've written. I'm back on my laptop now, so I really shouldn't have any excuse.
I think it's easier for me to write something from scratch than it is for me to rewrite something. I've had this rewrite scene looming over my head for a while, and I wasn't sure how to write it without dropping a few pages of worldbuilding and following it up with a scene that only partially relates to the plot. However, I needed to have something to cut up what I was doing, because otherwise it wouldn't be flowing right. I've now got an idea that works to give some importance to the scene, but this idea could actually be implemented a number of ways, and I think I'm going to replace this rewrite scene with this new scene.
Essentially - someone tried to assassinate my main character. He was a friend of her family, and someone she'd known for a long time. He isn't talking, but I think what I'm going to have happen is...he tried to tell someone but another person somehow made it so he can't. I'll have to work on that - what happened, break his jaw? Rip his throat out? These characters can heal an unimaginable amount of damage because they don't die unless they want to, which usually means that extreme things like stabbing them through the heart, poisoning them, etc. can kill them, but this character is trying to stay alive to save his family. I'm not sure how exactly to make this work. It has to be something dramatic that can be seen as an accident - "Oops, I didn't know he was about to talk...I was moving too fast to stop myself..." It has to be able to shut the character up for enough time for more threats to be whispered in his ear.
Why are they trying to get him to talk while simultaneously trying to get him to keep quiet? The person who kidnapped his family and forced him to try to assassinate my MC is actually someone who works in the castle and has enough power to get in on the torture sessions.
I was going to have Vayira go to a council meeting that would cover certain issues in the country - and would show the various tensions between the characters - but I think that the scene doesn't do enough; I'd need it to do more, and it would be very diffiicult to bring up the attempted assassin when they're supposed to be discussing other things. I'd have a window of opportunity that would stretch after the worldbuilding and before the council meeting started.
However, if I make a scene out of the dinner/lounging around that comes before, then I can do it. The important chars will all be running around trying to deal with what's going on with the attempted assassin, Vayira will be on edge and nervous and trying to figure out what's going on while flittering amongst the council members, Tai will be there to offer perspective and we'll get to flesh out his character a bit by seeing how he does in front of a large group of very important strangers...
So, yes. I also think that scene will be a lot more fun, because it's easier to stay in Vayira's head when she's at the centre of the game. It's harder when she's sort of watching what other people are doing, only partially participating because she's mostly supposed to be there in training for when she becomes queen. I also don't want to take her away from Tai just yet. I think that that has to be done very carefully or it will undermind what I'm trying to do with the two of them.
So, all in all, scene change idea is a good idea. Imma go work on it now, if I don't fall asleep first. However, before that - dishes. I needs must do them. That's what happens when you cook; you end up with dishes =)
I think it's easier for me to write something from scratch than it is for me to rewrite something. I've had this rewrite scene looming over my head for a while, and I wasn't sure how to write it without dropping a few pages of worldbuilding and following it up with a scene that only partially relates to the plot. However, I needed to have something to cut up what I was doing, because otherwise it wouldn't be flowing right. I've now got an idea that works to give some importance to the scene, but this idea could actually be implemented a number of ways, and I think I'm going to replace this rewrite scene with this new scene.
Essentially - someone tried to assassinate my main character. He was a friend of her family, and someone she'd known for a long time. He isn't talking, but I think what I'm going to have happen is...he tried to tell someone but another person somehow made it so he can't. I'll have to work on that - what happened, break his jaw? Rip his throat out? These characters can heal an unimaginable amount of damage because they don't die unless they want to, which usually means that extreme things like stabbing them through the heart, poisoning them, etc. can kill them, but this character is trying to stay alive to save his family. I'm not sure how exactly to make this work. It has to be something dramatic that can be seen as an accident - "Oops, I didn't know he was about to talk...I was moving too fast to stop myself..." It has to be able to shut the character up for enough time for more threats to be whispered in his ear.
Why are they trying to get him to talk while simultaneously trying to get him to keep quiet? The person who kidnapped his family and forced him to try to assassinate my MC is actually someone who works in the castle and has enough power to get in on the torture sessions.
I was going to have Vayira go to a council meeting that would cover certain issues in the country - and would show the various tensions between the characters - but I think that the scene doesn't do enough; I'd need it to do more, and it would be very diffiicult to bring up the attempted assassin when they're supposed to be discussing other things. I'd have a window of opportunity that would stretch after the worldbuilding and before the council meeting started.
However, if I make a scene out of the dinner/lounging around that comes before, then I can do it. The important chars will all be running around trying to deal with what's going on with the attempted assassin, Vayira will be on edge and nervous and trying to figure out what's going on while flittering amongst the council members, Tai will be there to offer perspective and we'll get to flesh out his character a bit by seeing how he does in front of a large group of very important strangers...
So, yes. I also think that scene will be a lot more fun, because it's easier to stay in Vayira's head when she's at the centre of the game. It's harder when she's sort of watching what other people are doing, only partially participating because she's mostly supposed to be there in training for when she becomes queen. I also don't want to take her away from Tai just yet. I think that that has to be done very carefully or it will undermind what I'm trying to do with the two of them.
So, all in all, scene change idea is a good idea. Imma go work on it now, if I don't fall asleep first. However, before that - dishes. I needs must do them. That's what happens when you cook; you end up with dishes =)
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Ze world of writing
Hello ladies and gentlemen, cows and humans, multipandimensional light beings and 3D slugs of all subspecies. I'm back. Sorry - I've been so into writing lately that by the time I get around to updating blogs, it's just easier to update Facebook and opendiary. Facebook is quick, and OD at least has readers. So I tend to forget about Blogspot.
News update:
Lenore, my beautiful laptop, started crashing a while ago. I finally sent her off to the Gateway Repair Centre for some TLC at the Computer Spa they've got there. She's feeling much better now, and is on her way home. In the meantime, I've been using an old iMac that my paternal grandmother left my father when she died. He gave it to my brother to use and it's just been sitting there. My brother and I (just today) upgraded the RAM and the OS to 2GB, and to Snow Leopard (that means, 2GB of RAM and Snow Leopard Operating System).
Having this iMac around to use is good news, because I've done quite a bit of writing on it. I was also doing quite a bit of writing on Lenore, but I really do like this computer for writing. I think I'm going to start storing all of my files on my external hard drive, and just go between the two computers...but spend most of my writing time on this iMac.
"So, Kimbar, how has the writing been going...?" you ask.
"Fantastically!" I answer, and then I delve into a deep long overview of how exactly the writing has been going.
At first, I was able to take the new ideas I had for TTAV (the most important book in my life, that I've written and rewritten for almost a decade) and apply them right away. I got 111 pages into the story (to be fair, I started at page 55 and there were a few pages of edited copypasta) before I made a stupid mistake while writing an update on the writing on OD.
See, TTAV isn't just a plot and some characters to me. It's also a feel. Now, I was okay with the plot, and the characters were coming out perfectly, but the feel was off. It was heavy fantasy, light sci-fi. I want it to be closer to a mix of both. At least, I want the fantasy to really feel like it takes place on an alien planet that's got a strange mix of technological advancement and non-technological-advancement. Yes, that makes sense - in my world anyway.
I was writing, "If I decide later that I really don't like the plot because it feels wrong, I can always mix and match the old version and this new version. I just have to take the beginning and end from the new version and stick the old version, edited, in the middle."
Oops. My brain said, "Hey! That's a good idea! Let's do that."
And then I started getting a lot more ideas that required a different plot. Because I wrote a stupid entry. Ugh. One of these days, I will learn not to let my brain run away with itself.
Anyway, I decided not to think about it for a couple of days, and I did other things while not writing and not thinking about it. Then I decided that I had to sit down and figure out what the book was supposed to look like. I needed a full chapter outline. So I sat down with sticky notes and outlined what happens in the first eight or nine chapters, which I already know about (since I'm using the early beginning of the new version and the later beginning of the old version, with some tweaks). After that, I let my mind go and come up with the scenes as they would come. I managed to get a thirty-some-odd chapter outline, on green sticky notes that my dearest Ninja Writer got for me last year for my birthday present/NaNoWriMo Survival Kit (my birthday is October 30th, and the National Novel Writing Month is in November). The next day, I sat down and edited the first four chapters to cut out the preparations I'd set up for the now-obsolete plotline I was intending to use. The next day, I completed that.
I'm now in the process of writing in the new scenes that have to take place and editing other scenes to make them compatible with the new plot. It's a long, tedious process, but I'm confident that it will go well, and that the whole book will be written by the end of summer. I'm actually aiming for the end of this month, but if that's not enough time, then I'll tack on an extra month too. I've already got almost 100 pages written, and most of what I have to do right now is editing/rewriting.
Anyway, wish me luck! I'm off to talk to my writer friend and watch a movie, and when that's done Imma write. Ta!
News update:
Lenore, my beautiful laptop, started crashing a while ago. I finally sent her off to the Gateway Repair Centre for some TLC at the Computer Spa they've got there. She's feeling much better now, and is on her way home. In the meantime, I've been using an old iMac that my paternal grandmother left my father when she died. He gave it to my brother to use and it's just been sitting there. My brother and I (just today) upgraded the RAM and the OS to 2GB, and to Snow Leopard (that means, 2GB of RAM and Snow Leopard Operating System).
Having this iMac around to use is good news, because I've done quite a bit of writing on it. I was also doing quite a bit of writing on Lenore, but I really do like this computer for writing. I think I'm going to start storing all of my files on my external hard drive, and just go between the two computers...but spend most of my writing time on this iMac.
"So, Kimbar, how has the writing been going...?" you ask.
"Fantastically!" I answer, and then I delve into a deep long overview of how exactly the writing has been going.
At first, I was able to take the new ideas I had for TTAV (the most important book in my life, that I've written and rewritten for almost a decade) and apply them right away. I got 111 pages into the story (to be fair, I started at page 55 and there were a few pages of edited copypasta) before I made a stupid mistake while writing an update on the writing on OD.
See, TTAV isn't just a plot and some characters to me. It's also a feel. Now, I was okay with the plot, and the characters were coming out perfectly, but the feel was off. It was heavy fantasy, light sci-fi. I want it to be closer to a mix of both. At least, I want the fantasy to really feel like it takes place on an alien planet that's got a strange mix of technological advancement and non-technological-advancement. Yes, that makes sense - in my world anyway.
I was writing, "If I decide later that I really don't like the plot because it feels wrong, I can always mix and match the old version and this new version. I just have to take the beginning and end from the new version and stick the old version, edited, in the middle."
Oops. My brain said, "Hey! That's a good idea! Let's do that."
And then I started getting a lot more ideas that required a different plot. Because I wrote a stupid entry. Ugh. One of these days, I will learn not to let my brain run away with itself.
Anyway, I decided not to think about it for a couple of days, and I did other things while not writing and not thinking about it. Then I decided that I had to sit down and figure out what the book was supposed to look like. I needed a full chapter outline. So I sat down with sticky notes and outlined what happens in the first eight or nine chapters, which I already know about (since I'm using the early beginning of the new version and the later beginning of the old version, with some tweaks). After that, I let my mind go and come up with the scenes as they would come. I managed to get a thirty-some-odd chapter outline, on green sticky notes that my dearest Ninja Writer got for me last year for my birthday present/NaNoWriMo Survival Kit (my birthday is October 30th, and the National Novel Writing Month is in November). The next day, I sat down and edited the first four chapters to cut out the preparations I'd set up for the now-obsolete plotline I was intending to use. The next day, I completed that.
I'm now in the process of writing in the new scenes that have to take place and editing other scenes to make them compatible with the new plot. It's a long, tedious process, but I'm confident that it will go well, and that the whole book will be written by the end of summer. I'm actually aiming for the end of this month, but if that's not enough time, then I'll tack on an extra month too. I've already got almost 100 pages written, and most of what I have to do right now is editing/rewriting.
Anyway, wish me luck! I'm off to talk to my writer friend and watch a movie, and when that's done Imma write. Ta!
Thursday, June 3, 2010
elephants in the rain
i have no good title. heh.
i don't actually know what i'm going to talk about, and fvk capitals right now. i'm rebelling. i do that from time to time. i'm actually just very tired, and i've got a long way to go before monday - and hopefully it won't take longer than monday. i'm hoping to write more soonish here, but right now - things are hectic.
finals.
i want to talk about something specific right now: HOLY FUCK! moments.
some writers call them revelations, some writers call them seeds, some writers call them "Good writing days." usually i just say that my characters had some great ideas, but really - they're HOLY FUCK! moments. it's when you're going along all honky dory, living your life like nobody's business, and out of nowhere you realize exactly how you're going to tie all of the pieces of your novel together. everything pans in your head and you just know it. you know how your characters do this, or you can finally see how that problem gets resolved. or, sometimes, you see a novel for the first time - and it's flawless and beautiful.
now, when i say i'm going to talk about HOLY FUCK! moments, i'm not talking about those moments when you're writing and you get a small idea for what comes next; i'm not even talking about those moments when you're minding your own business and all of a sudden a random idea pops into your head and you think about it for a little while and think, "Yeah, I could make that work..."
no. HOLY FUCK! moments are those moments when you get the idea, and your eyes go wide and your jaw practically drops and you can feel your adrenaline pumping as all the pieces finally fit together and all you can say is, "HOLY FUCK! Oh my god! I get it! I get it!!!"
those are beautiful moments.
i've had two of them in the past week and a half. that's right, two. you are allowed to feel jealous. but you're not allowed to begrudge me - i've had what amounts to writer's block since i was seventeen, intersperced with brief few day periods of writing ability. i'm twenty-one. that's an ungodly amount of time to have writer's block. these two HOLY FUCK! moments don't signal the end of the block time, but they are a nice oasis in this writing desert. and thank god, because i really, really need it.
the problem: i'm trying to deal with the end of two school years right now. first, it's the end of spring quarter up at the university i go to. which means, last minute assignments, last minute projects, and the dreaded finals. and then, to add to it, it's the end of the school year for the elementary school i work for. so, last minute projects, everyone's feeling crazy, and nobody wants to do any work. well, the kids don't. they're young anyway, so it's to be expected. all that is fine and to be expected, but it means that i have no writing time. at all.
i'm going to try to get everything done by sunday so on monday i can turn it in and so that, other than work on tuesday, wednesday, and thursday - i won't have to do anything else. and i'll be able to write.
WORDS!!!
oh glorious words...
soon. soon i will impliment those lovely HOLY FUCK!s i've had lately.
what are they, you might ask? plots. lovely plots. using the plot book i checked out from the library not so long ago. more on that when i have more time. for now - i've got to write a page and a half each on The Brave New World, The Disposessed, and The Handmaid's Tale. and then i have to find a piece of mine that i can read in three minutes, and a piece of mine that i can read in seven minutes. bonsoir =)
i don't actually know what i'm going to talk about, and fvk capitals right now. i'm rebelling. i do that from time to time. i'm actually just very tired, and i've got a long way to go before monday - and hopefully it won't take longer than monday. i'm hoping to write more soonish here, but right now - things are hectic.
finals.
i want to talk about something specific right now: HOLY FUCK! moments.
some writers call them revelations, some writers call them seeds, some writers call them "Good writing days." usually i just say that my characters had some great ideas, but really - they're HOLY FUCK! moments. it's when you're going along all honky dory, living your life like nobody's business, and out of nowhere you realize exactly how you're going to tie all of the pieces of your novel together. everything pans in your head and you just know it. you know how your characters do this, or you can finally see how that problem gets resolved. or, sometimes, you see a novel for the first time - and it's flawless and beautiful.
now, when i say i'm going to talk about HOLY FUCK! moments, i'm not talking about those moments when you're writing and you get a small idea for what comes next; i'm not even talking about those moments when you're minding your own business and all of a sudden a random idea pops into your head and you think about it for a little while and think, "Yeah, I could make that work..."
no. HOLY FUCK! moments are those moments when you get the idea, and your eyes go wide and your jaw practically drops and you can feel your adrenaline pumping as all the pieces finally fit together and all you can say is, "HOLY FUCK! Oh my god! I get it! I get it!!!"
those are beautiful moments.
i've had two of them in the past week and a half. that's right, two. you are allowed to feel jealous. but you're not allowed to begrudge me - i've had what amounts to writer's block since i was seventeen, intersperced with brief few day periods of writing ability. i'm twenty-one. that's an ungodly amount of time to have writer's block. these two HOLY FUCK! moments don't signal the end of the block time, but they are a nice oasis in this writing desert. and thank god, because i really, really need it.
the problem: i'm trying to deal with the end of two school years right now. first, it's the end of spring quarter up at the university i go to. which means, last minute assignments, last minute projects, and the dreaded finals. and then, to add to it, it's the end of the school year for the elementary school i work for. so, last minute projects, everyone's feeling crazy, and nobody wants to do any work. well, the kids don't. they're young anyway, so it's to be expected. all that is fine and to be expected, but it means that i have no writing time. at all.
i'm going to try to get everything done by sunday so on monday i can turn it in and so that, other than work on tuesday, wednesday, and thursday - i won't have to do anything else. and i'll be able to write.
WORDS!!!
oh glorious words...
soon. soon i will impliment those lovely HOLY FUCK!s i've had lately.
what are they, you might ask? plots. lovely plots. using the plot book i checked out from the library not so long ago. more on that when i have more time. for now - i've got to write a page and a half each on The Brave New World, The Disposessed, and The Handmaid's Tale. and then i have to find a piece of mine that i can read in three minutes, and a piece of mine that i can read in seven minutes. bonsoir =)
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