Today I really have one hour to make it up to 16,666 words before one of my best friends comes over to visit. I'm currently at 15,290 and am almost at the end of the planned out section of the novel. I have no distractions for today because I know I want to get this done so I can spend quality time with someone I never get to see anymore because I'm up at BSU and she's not.
The music and internet being turned off last night really helped so I'm going to end up doing that again.
Because I literally only have one hour left before she gets here, this entry is going to be short unless I decide to add on later, which honestly, I probably wont. So, enjoy your day and for those of you on Spring Break, have fun!
-Amy
Update: I hit the mark!
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Week 2, Day 9. 15,000 Words
Today I haven't had much time to write, I've been running errands all day with my mother. Finally some time opened up around 2 hours ago and somehow I've managed to procrastinate yet again on tumblr. But, I have been able to add on 152 words in that amount of time. I know, it's not a lot but in total right now I have 13,662 words so that's something.
Tomorrow I'm going to a funeral so I won't have all day to write again but I'm trying new ways to keep me focused. Believe me, I do know what keeps distracting me but for some reason, I don't feel the desire to stop myself from procrastinating. You know what? I'm going to stop it right now. Music - off. No noise to distract me. Once I post this, the internet - off. No facebook or Tumblr to get me. No email for me to keep checking while knowing I didn't get any new messages. I'll just have to sit here and write. Like I used to!
Okay, lets do this. But before I go, here's the best commercial I've ever seen in my entire life.
Tomorrow I'm going to a funeral so I won't have all day to write again but I'm trying new ways to keep me focused. Believe me, I do know what keeps distracting me but for some reason, I don't feel the desire to stop myself from procrastinating. You know what? I'm going to stop it right now. Music - off. No noise to distract me. Once I post this, the internet - off. No facebook or Tumblr to get me. No email for me to keep checking while knowing I didn't get any new messages. I'll just have to sit here and write. Like I used to!
Okay, lets do this. But before I go, here's the best commercial I've ever seen in my entire life.
Video found on Youtube
-Amy
Monday, March 5, 2012
Because This Isn't Nerve Wracking
So today I've realized, not reading through my entire story a billion times to catch up and make sure things are going smoothly in my writing is a very hard thing to do. I always used to do that as a part of my writing process but I'm really trying to just write through it and go back through editing later to make sure its the way I want it. But that's very hard for me to do.
My roommate was going to be a book editor for a future job so she's offered to look over my novel so far for me to see if it's going smoothly and making sense. But for that to happen, she's obviously going to have to read it. I get very anxious when people try to read my work unless it's a paper for school or a short story or poem. Well, even for the short stories I get nervous when they read it.
So once I hit my word mark tonight which is 13,333 words, I'll be sending it to her, hopefully getting some positive feedback. I have many worries about my work so far that I have so many excuses for that personally I hope is just the perfectionist in me seeing and isn't completely apparent right now.
But good news, today, I wasn't upset about having to write. It may be because I stopped writing right before a dream sequence and those seem to be my favorite to write. Those and the death scenes. So hopefully, it's not just that. I'm hoping I've gotten over that initial hump of not wanting to commit that I've experienced with nearly all of my other novels I've attempted to write.
Here's a song that I keep listening to that keeps giving me different perspectives on the main characters development.
My roommate was going to be a book editor for a future job so she's offered to look over my novel so far for me to see if it's going smoothly and making sense. But for that to happen, she's obviously going to have to read it. I get very anxious when people try to read my work unless it's a paper for school or a short story or poem. Well, even for the short stories I get nervous when they read it.
So once I hit my word mark tonight which is 13,333 words, I'll be sending it to her, hopefully getting some positive feedback. I have many worries about my work so far that I have so many excuses for that personally I hope is just the perfectionist in me seeing and isn't completely apparent right now.
But good news, today, I wasn't upset about having to write. It may be because I stopped writing right before a dream sequence and those seem to be my favorite to write. Those and the death scenes. So hopefully, it's not just that. I'm hoping I've gotten over that initial hump of not wanting to commit that I've experienced with nearly all of my other novels I've attempted to write.
Here's a song that I keep listening to that keeps giving me different perspectives on the main characters development.
Video found on Youtube
-Amy
Sunday, March 4, 2012
23 More Days Of What Now?
It's only day 7 of writing this novel and as my previous posts have mentioned, I've been losing the desire to write and I'm not to fond of what I put to paper. So today, I've been completely procrastinating and spending my time on tumblr. But lets not forget I've been watching 17 Again and She's The Man.
But I've been writing a little bit too. About a paragraph so far today but I know I wont be going to bed tonight without making it to my 11,666 words. But it's not completely my fault for not wanting to write today. I've been forced to write another school scene. And this one isn't going to end up as acceptable as the last one I had to write.
What I do end up getting onto the word document doesn't seem to meet my standards until a later day and I had forgotten what it was I actually wrote. But I'm that way with pretty much all of my creative writings so it's nothing new to me. Giving it time gives me a chance to look at it with a different perspective so hopefully I'll eventually like what I'm having to write today.
Also, the way this is going, I'm going to have to use all 30 days of this project to make it to the 50,000 word mark and the novel still wont be finished.
-Amy
But I've been writing a little bit too. About a paragraph so far today but I know I wont be going to bed tonight without making it to my 11,666 words. But it's not completely my fault for not wanting to write today. I've been forced to write another school scene. And this one isn't going to end up as acceptable as the last one I had to write.
What I do end up getting onto the word document doesn't seem to meet my standards until a later day and I had forgotten what it was I actually wrote. But I'm that way with pretty much all of my creative writings so it's nothing new to me. Giving it time gives me a chance to look at it with a different perspective so hopefully I'll eventually like what I'm having to write today.
Also, the way this is going, I'm going to have to use all 30 days of this project to make it to the 50,000 word mark and the novel still wont be finished.
-Amy
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Oh The Irony
The amount of television I watch on a regular basis is little to none. I barely even have enough time to catch up on the few shows I do watch while at school. But because it's spring break and I'm left home alone for another night, I thought I'd watch an episode of the Simpsons. The first episode I've seen in months and it's about Marge writing and publishing a novel. Believe me, the irony is not lost on me.
My novel is already at 10,242 words. That's 16 pages of what should be readable material.
My novel is already at 10,242 words. That's 16 pages of what should be readable material.
Video from youtube
Enjoy this song that helped me write certain parts of today's scene :)
Once again, I'm not very fond of what I'm coming up with but hopefully that'll change for tomorrows writing, I have so much more to cover!
-Amy
-Amy
Friday, March 2, 2012
Writing A Novel Is An Emotional Roller Coaster Ride
I've been hitting my deadlines quickly, efficiently and easily but not without a toll. I have waves of self doubt followed by fits of this isn't turning out half as well as I expected which then turns into moments of I'm loving this so far which goes back to why did I think I was good enough to write a novel? I'm also somewhat stuck on my outline, I'm writing chapter three now, but I stopped outlining after three was thought out.
Last night I spent about 20 minutes staring at the blank bullet points fully aware that once I finished writing chapter three, I'd easily be able to wing it from there and think of more points for the later chapters.
I'm also disappointed in the size of my chapters so hopefully that can be added to when I go through editing, or I'll be able to convince myself that there are good books out there that have short chapters and it's nothing to fear.
But I'm seriously starting to doubt my own writing skills which is not good for an English Education major. The way I used to attempt to write my novels is by when the mood strikes, write it. My emotional standpoint on what I'm writing has a huge effect on me liking it and putting so much thought into it, it's anything but bad.
But with Spring Break officially having started for me, I believe I will be writing so much, I may even finish the 50,000 word mark a day early if not more.
I'm currently working on the death scene of one of my favorite characters who started off the story having already been killed. Yeah, it's a flashback/dream sequence that I'm especially fond of. But it's really hard to write it because I'm so attached to him, I find myself tearing up with every intimate and depressing detail of his death. And because I listen to music sometimes while I write, this song came on and I thought it was really appropriate. I hope you are all aware of the series The Hunger Games. This is a song from the movie coming out soon and if you've read the books, this scene is alike in some aspects to where this song is mentioned.
-Amy
Last night I spent about 20 minutes staring at the blank bullet points fully aware that once I finished writing chapter three, I'd easily be able to wing it from there and think of more points for the later chapters.
I'm also disappointed in the size of my chapters so hopefully that can be added to when I go through editing, or I'll be able to convince myself that there are good books out there that have short chapters and it's nothing to fear.
But I'm seriously starting to doubt my own writing skills which is not good for an English Education major. The way I used to attempt to write my novels is by when the mood strikes, write it. My emotional standpoint on what I'm writing has a huge effect on me liking it and putting so much thought into it, it's anything but bad.
But with Spring Break officially having started for me, I believe I will be writing so much, I may even finish the 50,000 word mark a day early if not more.
I'm currently working on the death scene of one of my favorite characters who started off the story having already been killed. Yeah, it's a flashback/dream sequence that I'm especially fond of. But it's really hard to write it because I'm so attached to him, I find myself tearing up with every intimate and depressing detail of his death. And because I listen to music sometimes while I write, this song came on and I thought it was really appropriate. I hope you are all aware of the series The Hunger Games. This is a song from the movie coming out soon and if you've read the books, this scene is alike in some aspects to where this song is mentioned.
-Amy
Thursday, March 1, 2012
My Desire Has Shriveled Away For The Day
Yesterday I wrote about how I didn't like what I was writing. Well, I reread through it last night and it turns out, it wasn't as bad as I thought it was so kudos for that right? Well, I wrote a fun scene last night and now for today, I'm left with a boring scene that's introducing another character that while she is important to the plot, I hate writing school scenes. School scenes are just so boring and feel too adolescent.
Honestly, I'm writing this post right at this very moment to avoid writing the scene I will eventually have to write tonight. My roommate is also having to hear me complain about having to write this part. But she's also a writer (and we share a major) so she understands the difficulty of pushing yourself to write the parts you don't want to.
I made it past my 5000 word count last night as well as got assignments done for school (one isn't even due for another week!) I know, I'm such an overachiever. But now, I somewhat regret staying out a bit late with friends after dinner because I have a concert to attend for music history class tonight at 7 pm so I'm going to dinner at 6. That leaves me from now to then to write 1,666 words to hit today's word mark.
Hopefully my tea and silence around me with no distractions for the next two hours will help me write this boring yet crucial part of the novel. Sadly, no songs have been able to inspire me to want to write this scene today. I shall now begrudgingly get to work.
-Amy
Honestly, I'm writing this post right at this very moment to avoid writing the scene I will eventually have to write tonight. My roommate is also having to hear me complain about having to write this part. But she's also a writer (and we share a major) so she understands the difficulty of pushing yourself to write the parts you don't want to.
I made it past my 5000 word count last night as well as got assignments done for school (one isn't even due for another week!) I know, I'm such an overachiever. But now, I somewhat regret staying out a bit late with friends after dinner because I have a concert to attend for music history class tonight at 7 pm so I'm going to dinner at 6. That leaves me from now to then to write 1,666 words to hit today's word mark.
Hopefully my tea and silence around me with no distractions for the next two hours will help me write this boring yet crucial part of the novel. Sadly, no songs have been able to inspire me to want to write this scene today. I shall now begrudgingly get to work.
-Amy
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