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I'm dragging my feet with work this morning. It's, for once, pretty intentional. It's really just about the way the planets aligned for the day; I'm trying to let a colleague finish what she is working on and get it in before I start sending in my files. It's funny because she is generally faster than I am, I think, at getting things done. But when the client sends two days worth of work in an hour - well, it makes things complicated. Especially when faxed the schedule yesterday, they just didn't send the actual files we needed to go with the schedule. That said - I really didn't get enough sleep last night to be dealing with this kind of nonsense today. (Clients not doing their job; having my colleagues complain about it, etc.) I need to be napping right now. Adult life, though, right? With regard to another NaNoWriMo18 update. That's coming soon. I also have a different kind of writing update coming soon as well. Once I get my T's crossed and little I's dotted. For now, I'll just leave you with this. As per usual...I have a plan. Now, we'll just see if it works. |
We're four days to the end of November...and I'm behind. Like weeks behind. I don't know what happened. Okay, I kind of do. It's kind of what always happens - I somewhat run out of steam and I somewhat just need more sleep than the actual normal human. Not to mention, adult life comes into play and screws with everything. I'm over 23,000 words shy of my end 50,000. If it hit it hard - real hard - for the next four days, I can make it. But honestly? I don't know that it will happen. Nevertheless, I am going to try. I hate myself when it comes to my ability to stick with a project and finish it. What the hell is wrong with me? (lol, but kind of not.) |
The truth is...I am severely behind on my word count. Yesterday was the first day I missed with regard to updating my word count, but I've been seriously behind for over a week now. My hope and prayer is that my energy will perk up tonight. I can make cookies and write and hopefully get back on track before I leave tomorrow for the better part of five days. For now, I have about four hours of hard work to do before I can even consider doing anything else. And I never know what else is going to happen in my life these days... ...I hate that. |
Look, I’m a romance writer, okay? I know it. I understand it. I can live with it. I need the fantasy and that kind of sickening bullshit is pretty much the most unreal load of poo anyone can write. I’m not saying that romance is not real. I’m just saying…romance is not always a fairytale. Nevertheless, romance is my thing because it’s something I chose not to have in my life in fear of the everlasting drama that is associated with it. It’s cool for writing; not cool for living, know what I’m sayin? Romance is the first genre my head goes to and it will probably remain that way for a while yet. Until I decide to challenge myself with something more, so you’re gonna have to live with the mush for a while longer. Cool? Cool. Anyway. I’m Mandie. I’m a writer in my non-working hours. I’m doing NaNoWriMo for the first time this year. My novel is a romance and is one of those pretty classic younger sister and older brother’s best friend in turmoil kinda books. Not super creative – I’ll agree. But I’m hoping the story is still a little different. (Besides, if I can just finish the damn thing on schedule with my 50,000 word goal…I’ll be happy. Because that means I actually finished something for once, which is my biggest problem when it comes to writing.) We’re on to day two now…and here’s what I’ve already decided. I’m more uncomfortable with writing in first person than I thought. I’m also uncomfortable writing in the present tense, which is a new revelation. Maybe uncomfortable is the wrong word. Maybe inexperienced is a better one. Let me explain how I know this. My daily goal is around 1,667 words, which…yay! I finished that last night. After I completed my goal, I went through for a quick edit. Not really for content. Mostly for typos, for grammar, and for tenses…and oh boy…did I fail my tenses. I’m used to writing in third person, past tense. It’s been my thing forever. Since I started writing fan fiction during study hall in 7th grade, third person and past tense has been my thing. So as I’ve turned to first person and present tense to try and make things more personal, I’ve really…my tenses are often still from my third person choice of style and past tense preference. I had to go back and change all of that last night. But better to realize that now, I guess 1,667 words in, than later that I was still writing the story in past tense…even though the story I was trying to tell was in the present. It was still a shock to my system. I honestly almost missed it, if that tells you anything about how stuck I am to my preferred writing style. Before I started, a friend suggested that I write in both styles to see which one suited my tastes better. I didn’t do that and I’m kind of glad that I didn’t. Because now, I can challenge myself and do something a little more out of my comfort zone. Hopefully, it sticks. Hopefully, all of this sticks because I would love to be able to tell this story and, well..finish a project for once. So. Day one, I say, was a success. And the good news is…I’m aware of a major issue now. It’s something I can lookout for and be mindful of in the next 29 (hopefully) writing sessions. [Also, random note, please ignore the fact that I have no layout or icons. The prettiness of this journal is still under construction. I've had a long week and the idea of doing NaNoWriMo was kind of a last minute jive.] |
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