9 posts tagged “new project”

Today I got just over 4000 new words on the as yet untitled SciFi piece about teeth.

I've never done SciFi before, so I'm really not sure if this is any good. Still, it's just fluff, really, so it doesn't matter either way. I can't do hard SciFi - when it comes to nanotech and all that jazz, I simply can't brain.

I'm also gradually gearing up for NaNoWriMo. I don't think trying last year's novel again is a good idea - I'm more likely to get bogged down. If I manage to find time for some serious worldbuilding between now and November, I might go with a steampunk thing I've been thinking about.

Also, this journal is almost a year old! *pets journal*

I've been productive recently.

I've slept about fifteen hours since my last update, which is awesome. Feeling much more rested, I was able to get a fair bit of writing done today.

First I finished the as yet untitled new story - I finally had the ending in my head, so I wanted to write it as fast as possible. It's still weak now, as almost all my endings are, but fuck it. I'll sort it out in the rewrites.

I then did another five and a half pages of script for Script Frenzy. I wanted to do it last night, but my brain was dead. I sat there staring at a blank word document for about ten minutes, trying to remember what I was supposed to be writing before deciding that it was best to just let it be.

Now I'm waiting for my next bout of inspiration so I can get writing again. This is a good feeling.

Halfway done with another story's first draft, which is quite awesome.

Did my last exam yesterday morning, did bugger all yesterday afternoon, went to the English department party last night. Did not have a hang over this morning. All of this is good.

Monday I'm going to head down to the temp agency and sign up - I need money - and I'm going to spend a lot of my free time writing and doing rewrites. Once I have this new project finished, I'll have three stories that need rewriting. Also, Marijnski is beta'ing for me again because I proofread his academic work in English

This entry is void of personality because I have slept 8 hours over the past 2 days. Blaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa summer vacation ftw.

So far today, I have practised syntax (wonder of wonders!), made a start on the screenplay I'm working on with Len (and I suck, but it's my first time and I have someone to correct my suckiness) and I've finished one of the short stories I've been working on.

So far, SIB (working title) clocks in at under 4,000 words. This is a first for me, especially considering it's a standalone(ish) story that I think I'll eventually be able to submit to some markets.

Now I have Infected Girl to finish, and I need to try to make a start on that difficult piece concerning spousal abuse, and that thing I came up with today about cannibalism.

I'm a veritable short story machine, it would seem.

It's true.

I currently have two half-finished short story first drafts. This is pretty awesome, really, seeing as it means that I should (hopefully) have two more short stories to send out in two weeks.

However, I also have Script Frenzy thingie with Len, which I need to do today (argh characterization), but most of all I have to revise for my syntax exam.

Now, if it was just reading a book, that'd be fine. But no. I've already read the book, now I have to go about practising my tree diagrams. This takes up a lot of time and will undoubtedly tire me out.

Oh, I'll be glad when it's Friday, I really will. I'm going to have some lime yoghurt, I think I've deserved that. Hopefully it will help me stop fantasizing about what I'll do when I get published for the first time, so I can get round to doing some actual work.

Yes, because I am very scary and intimidating.

This story doesn't want to be written by me. I don't think I'm anywhere near good enough to write this particular story, given the subject matter.

Blah. I need to write more, though. And Marijnski needs to get his butt into gear and proofread Bobby, damnit.

I've had a vague idea for a story floating around in my head for a few days now, but I haven't been able to work on it. Even though the only times I've left my bedsit is when I've had to go to get groceries, I've been ridiculously busy.

Tomorrow is my Lit2A exam, and I'm shitting myself. I haven't read Tristram Shandy or Tom Jones in their entirety, I've just read a buttload of texts about them. Now, Tristram Shandy, not too bad, really. But Tom Jones? I suppose I could have read Tom Jones, but then I wouldn't have been able to do half of the other revision I had to do.

So yeah, I've been anxious and when I'm anxious I spend ridiculous amounts of time revising. Which I have done. As a result, no writey-time for Leah.

This afternoon, I finally reached a point where I felt like I'd done enough revision. First I chilled out listening to Electric Six for a few hours, played some video games, that kind of thing. Then I got thinking about that idea, and I realised that I'd never written a story about a relationship.

Well, sort of, but that was about a budding relationship and wasn't really a story.

And then I knew how to make the idea work! I felt a lot of relief and now I'm writing it. I don't know if I'm ever going to get it published anywhere, even if I write it well, because it's a bit dark. But hey, maybe one day I'll be considered awesome and people will want to publish whatever I wrote, even my study notes. Even the ones with doodles of the O RLY owl me and Leontine drew when we were bored one time.

I suppose I have a few New Years' Resolutions, but I don't call them New Years' Resolutions so not really.

Because I failed horribly at NaNoWriMo (and feel awful about it) I'm going to try to redeem myself with JanNoWriMo. It's one of those awful rip-offs. Still. I've already got a plot, still thinking about the characters but I'll just start writing in about an hour or so.

My body clock has done something weird, so in an effort to reset it I'm going to try to stay awake till tomorrow evening. Writing is a good way of keeping myself awake. During my recent bouts of sleeplessness I've been doing a lot of writing, but it's been mostly jotting down ideas and trying some short stories in blank verse. Nothing special.

Well, we'll see how it works out this time.

Happy 2007 to everyone.

It's hard to believe how busy I've been lately. University things have been weighing me down, as have social obligations. Whatever time I've had left has been used for rest and sleep.

Except for last night, that is. I couldn't sleep, so I read Truckers and half of Diggers. After that I listened to some music, and during a particular Scissor Sisters track I was suddenly struck by inspiration and in about an hour I had a rough plot for a short novel.

It's only rough right now and I'm not entirely sure how it works out at the end, but the most important things I have scribbled down in my notebook. I worked on the first few paragraphs today, which helped me get an idea of what my main characters are like.

So, I shall continue to work on this as yet untitled piece. You'll be kept updated.