It's flooding here :O Usually I love the rain for writing, and what it does to my hair (haha) but I'm kinda dreading the walk to the bus stop later tonight. It's nice while I'm inside though.
My new goal is to write 800-1200 words every day, which is about 2.5-4 pages standard format. I didn't want to push the goal too far like I did in November (1667 words a day) because that just encourages bad writing. So far this plan is working. And I'll be here all day, probably. I doubt anyone is going to come out in the rain to visit me, that would be nuts.
I'm getting closer to the end of Joey's first school year! I've got about two more events to write (I'll have to double check with my outline, which I stupidly left at home) and then it'll be his March break. And then he kills his father *spoiler alert!* and then it's his second year.
I've decided he'll only have two years of school, and leave before the third. That way I can write the sequel and have the freedom of decided whether he'll go to a new school, or wander. The sequel won't be told in his perspective, anyway. It'll be kind of a weird sequel, if all goes as planned. And I'm pretty excited about it, too. But one book at a time :P
Today is March 30, so that means that I've got exactly three months to finish the book '~' I remember this being much easier to do in high school. Guess I had a lot less work then. Although apart from a biology test, I don't have any more work until finals week, which is at the very end of April.
April's supposed to be a rainy month, right? Rain = good writing. Lol.
By the way, the retard crew just showed up at Starbucks, right behind me x_x
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Today's Plans
Today I have to suck the life out of one of the greatest books I've read in a while, No Longer Human, for JapLit :( I'm so bad at writing papers. And honestly, I don't think there's any point in writing papers like this, because my views aren't insightful or helpful, and aren't going to teach you anything new about this book. I wish we could just have tests in this class instead. At least I'm relieved to know I'm not the only one in my class to feel this way.
Then I get to see my bffs :D And then I've gotta edit Chapter 3 of Ishiki for class, for Monday, send it out, re-edit, print it, pass it out. Chapter 3 was really fun to write, so I'm excited to work on it again. It's not gonna be like Chapter 2, which I had no time to edit because I was swamped with midterms. Even so, I know the douche in my class is going to have something to say with it. The ending of the chapter won't be 'grounding' to him, or maybe he'll be sad that my characters 'don't wanna be my friends.' Actually, I'm excited to hear what he has to say! Because I'll have more funny things to tape all over my wall :P
Well, that's for later. Right now it's blah blah blah Dazai Osamu blah blah blah ....
Then I get to see my bffs :D And then I've gotta edit Chapter 3 of Ishiki for class, for Monday, send it out, re-edit, print it, pass it out. Chapter 3 was really fun to write, so I'm excited to work on it again. It's not gonna be like Chapter 2, which I had no time to edit because I was swamped with midterms. Even so, I know the douche in my class is going to have something to say with it. The ending of the chapter won't be 'grounding' to him, or maybe he'll be sad that my characters 'don't wanna be my friends.' Actually, I'm excited to hear what he has to say! Because I'll have more funny things to tape all over my wall :P
Well, that's for later. Right now it's blah blah blah Dazai Osamu blah blah blah ....
Monday, March 22, 2010
First Day Back!! :)
What a great day back at school/working! Everyone's complaining because it's raining but that's perfect writing weather, I think. I'm really excited to be back on schedule, waking up early and all. I'd been sleeping til like 12:30 every day during spring break :/
I've been reading all the Harry Potters over again, and I don't know if I mentioned it before, but I really like how she titles her chapters. They're all very specific, so when I read the table of contents I get really excited about what's to come. I'm trying to do that, too. The chapter I'm writing now has a specific title like that.
I'm not looking forward to creative writing tonight. I might get sick in class again.....because I'm allergic to bullshit!!!! :O
Just kiddingggg.. Prof Hood is so smart and insightful and definitely not racist at all. And she's sooooo open-minded about me writing young adult novels, too! She'd never say anything like, "Your school isn't Japanese enough. Where are the sliding screen doors and chopsticks?"
I've been reading all the Harry Potters over again, and I don't know if I mentioned it before, but I really like how she titles her chapters. They're all very specific, so when I read the table of contents I get really excited about what's to come. I'm trying to do that, too. The chapter I'm writing now has a specific title like that.
I'm not looking forward to creative writing tonight. I might get sick in class again.....because I'm allergic to bullshit!!!! :O
Just kiddingggg.. Prof Hood is so smart and insightful and definitely not racist at all. And she's sooooo open-minded about me writing young adult novels, too! She'd never say anything like, "Your school isn't Japanese enough. Where are the sliding screen doors and chopsticks?"
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Table of Contents (so far...)
Just wanted to put this up. Titles are always changing though! I can't ever make up my mind :P Tell me what you think!
Ishiki (Consciousness)
1. An In-Between Day
2. Mud Between My Toes
3. Akira
4. Love and Dreaming
5. House Lights Go Low, Let The Games Begin
6. The Message With No Name
7. Expectations and Absenses
8. Up Against the Wall
9. Rivalries Resurrected
10. The Two of Us
Well, chapter 10 isn't done yet, so that chapter will probably be changed depending on where it goes :o I just like looking at the table of contents to see how far I've come, especially since each chapter averages 17 pages.
Ishiki (Consciousness)
1. An In-Between Day
2. Mud Between My Toes
3. Akira
4. Love and Dreaming
5. House Lights Go Low, Let The Games Begin
6. The Message With No Name
7. Expectations and Absenses
8. Up Against the Wall
9. Rivalries Resurrected
10. The Two of Us
Well, chapter 10 isn't done yet, so that chapter will probably be changed depending on where it goes :o I just like looking at the table of contents to see how far I've come, especially since each chapter averages 17 pages.
Starbucks is so empty!! :D
Since it's spring break, there's no one here. No lines, choice of any seat. Which is perfect. I'm sitting at one of the low tables by the window, next to four outlets (one for my laptop, and one for if I wanna play Pokemon, of course!!) And it's so nice out I can't believe it. My phone says it's 62 degrees, but I think it's definitely warmer than that. I'm warm outside even though I'm just wearing jeans and a button-down. Feel like I should have worn shorts or something.
Today's my first time writing again in about a week! Midterms + sinus infection kept me from writing :( But now I'm back! Sam even read the book!! It's the first time someone's read the whole thing. I was really nervous about showing it to him, but he said that he liked it :)
My creative writing class says my book is like Harry Potter. I was pretty pissed about it at first, but now I'm taking it as a compliment because I've been reading Harry Potter lately and it's damn good!!!! I can only hope my book is that entertaining, because when I was reading the Deathly Hallows, I couldn't put it down for hours!
Today's my first time writing again in about a week! Midterms + sinus infection kept me from writing :( But now I'm back! Sam even read the book!! It's the first time someone's read the whole thing. I was really nervous about showing it to him, but he said that he liked it :)
My creative writing class says my book is like Harry Potter. I was pretty pissed about it at first, but now I'm taking it as a compliment because I've been reading Harry Potter lately and it's damn good!!!! I can only hope my book is that entertaining, because when I was reading the Deathly Hallows, I couldn't put it down for hours!
Monday, March 8, 2010
meh :l
The thing about this blog is, I've made it real easy for people to read it. Which is what I wanted, because I like to read people's blogs when I'm bored, so I'm just kinda paying it back. I don't mind it if people follow my blog or my facebook or whatever. Until now. Harmless following is all I expected, but now it seems as if I have one or two people who are following me for the wrong reason. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not being stalked by a stranger or something. It's someone I know. Very well. It seems as if they've been trying to screw me over with the information that they read here and on my facebook. Not cool, at all. This stuff is supposed to be fun, not to be used as a tool to mess with me because, what? Do you have something against me? I don't know what it is.
I haven't been blogging because, to be honest, I feel violated because of this one person. They had my trust and have now tossed it in the garbage. I wanted to write all of the truth on this blog, as a tool for myself, but also for something to amuse you with. I don't want to have to filter my thoughts here, and this one person is making me have to do that. I'm not comfortable with it. So, I'm going to try to get comfortable writing here again. I'm going to try not to filter my thoughts just out of fear of 'someone.' Because I'm tired of playing games like that. I'm done with it. I'm out. As of now, any thing that certain 'someone' calls me out on that they found here, has no merit anymore. That 'someone' is not allowed to read this anymore. And for the rest of you, if you're here, I hope you continue to read. Or not. Whatever is cool. I'm only here to entertain, and to occasionally ease my writer's block.
Goodnight.
I haven't been blogging because, to be honest, I feel violated because of this one person. They had my trust and have now tossed it in the garbage. I wanted to write all of the truth on this blog, as a tool for myself, but also for something to amuse you with. I don't want to have to filter my thoughts here, and this one person is making me have to do that. I'm not comfortable with it. So, I'm going to try to get comfortable writing here again. I'm going to try not to filter my thoughts just out of fear of 'someone.' Because I'm tired of playing games like that. I'm done with it. I'm out. As of now, any thing that certain 'someone' calls me out on that they found here, has no merit anymore. That 'someone' is not allowed to read this anymore. And for the rest of you, if you're here, I hope you continue to read. Or not. Whatever is cool. I'm only here to entertain, and to occasionally ease my writer's block.
Goodnight.
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