This is something I am usually going to do on Saturday, to more or less replace A Thousand Days, because I epically failed on that front. Basically I write little interesting tidbits of random things that happened during the week, even if it is not particularly interesting. This week it starts Thursday the 6th and ends today, Wednesday the 12th.
Thursday-It's that time of year at JCP. A careful selection of all the worst and most obnoxious versions of Christmas songs are playing there. The few decent ones they accidentally let slip will soon be just as irritating through pure repetition. Also, apparently it is the time of year to play Mexican music? Seriously, every third song was in Spanish.
Friday-To think that Rear Window was considered scandalous in the day. Life was so different back then. Also, I finally got new Khakis and British pants during my hour long lunch since it was an eight hour shift.
Saturday-Things I have done since Wednesday, school, work, sleep, exercised, and watched Rear Window.
Sunday-Sweet blessed day off. I need to find the instructions to Hit the Deck card game. I have the game, not the instructions, and playing it like Uno is kind of lame.
Monday-Back to work, but I was just there. My family ate all the fish so I had fries for dinner, and pretty much all the salad.
Tuesday-Why was it so busy today? Seriously? Tuesday is never busy, but even into the afternoon I could not get away from the register. Oh, and apparently I eat too much salad at dinner. They have to add a whole extra head. Well excuse me for trying to have a balanced diet!
Wednesday-I am all up to speed. Not that I am using speed, because I don't take drugs, unless they are farm grown naturally and organic*.
*That was another joke, I don't actually take drugs. Well, like Aspirin and stuff, sometimes, but I even try to stay away from over-the-counter stuff because I feel like an excessive amount of medicine use can actually be detrimental to your body in the long run. I only take drugs when I need to.
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Decisions
So November is here, which has meant NaNoWriMo to me for the past several years. Except, this year...yeah, I won't be doing it. I came to this decision on Sunday the 2ed. I know what you're thinking. "You gave up so soon?" "Only the second day and you decided it wasn't worth your time?" And any other questions you may have asked. Trust me, I wondered them too. But it wasn't on the 2ed that I first considered it. It wasn't like, on the 2ed, after a long time of wanting to do it, I changed my mind. I kept going back and forth and it was on the 2ed, as I was staring at the few thousand words I already had, that I realized this wasn't right for this year.
There are many reasons I decided this. The first being I just don't feel it this year. Again I know what you're thinking, "But you are supposed to write through those moments, otherwise you would rarely write!" That is exactly what I thought, which was why I was unsure until the second day of NaNoWriMo. It isn't just a case of "writer's block." Sometimes writing is hard work, but I was experiencing that either. This was a complete disinterest from what I was doing. I have written a novel feeling this way before, and when all was said and done it wasn't worth it. I look back on that novel as a lesson and a mistake to not repeat. I love to write, and so I see no need to force it when I am not feeling it.
Second reason I am a quitter is because of time. Yep, time. Such an iconic excuse. But well, maybe November-when school is getting pretty intense, I am working over twice as much because of the holidays, and all the other business that comes with this time of year-is not the best time for me to try to write a novel. I know the whole point of the exercise is to make time, but I am not sure if I am but I feel busier this year, (maybe I am just lazier, I don't know) and I would like some time to just pause every once in a while and rest. The book is longer and more complex than the one last year, and I am not sure I could keep up the pace, and I hate slowing down in the middle of a book. If I do, I have a hard time getting back into it. I am one of those people that get stressed with a super busy life, even if it is super busy with fun things.
The last, and probably the most important reason, the reason that made the other two relevant. I want to concentrate on editing my other books. Right now I want to work on my older novels to make the better for eventual publishing. This is something I am actually pretty excited about, and I am doing tons of research on self-publishing and the more traditional route. Usually I hate to edit, but right now I am actually enjoying the process of thinking how I can make my books better. I would have to put my editing on hold while I wrote my novel. I feared that if a did that, I would have lost this editing momentum.
The other two reasons I could put aside, but the last one is what really demanded my attention, and it is definitely what tipped the scales for me. I think seeing Cycle actually availed for sale excited me, and I would like to see the others up there too, (even if no one ever bought them.) It made my hopes of someday being a recognized author more tangible to me.
There are many reasons I decided this. The first being I just don't feel it this year. Again I know what you're thinking, "But you are supposed to write through those moments, otherwise you would rarely write!" That is exactly what I thought, which was why I was unsure until the second day of NaNoWriMo. It isn't just a case of "writer's block." Sometimes writing is hard work, but I was experiencing that either. This was a complete disinterest from what I was doing. I have written a novel feeling this way before, and when all was said and done it wasn't worth it. I look back on that novel as a lesson and a mistake to not repeat. I love to write, and so I see no need to force it when I am not feeling it.
Second reason I am a quitter is because of time. Yep, time. Such an iconic excuse. But well, maybe November-when school is getting pretty intense, I am working over twice as much because of the holidays, and all the other business that comes with this time of year-is not the best time for me to try to write a novel. I know the whole point of the exercise is to make time, but I am not sure if I am but I feel busier this year, (maybe I am just lazier, I don't know) and I would like some time to just pause every once in a while and rest. The book is longer and more complex than the one last year, and I am not sure I could keep up the pace, and I hate slowing down in the middle of a book. If I do, I have a hard time getting back into it. I am one of those people that get stressed with a super busy life, even if it is super busy with fun things.
The last, and probably the most important reason, the reason that made the other two relevant. I want to concentrate on editing my other books. Right now I want to work on my older novels to make the better for eventual publishing. This is something I am actually pretty excited about, and I am doing tons of research on self-publishing and the more traditional route. Usually I hate to edit, but right now I am actually enjoying the process of thinking how I can make my books better. I would have to put my editing on hold while I wrote my novel. I feared that if a did that, I would have lost this editing momentum.
The other two reasons I could put aside, but the last one is what really demanded my attention, and it is definitely what tipped the scales for me. I think seeing Cycle actually availed for sale excited me, and I would like to see the others up there too, (even if no one ever bought them.) It made my hopes of someday being a recognized author more tangible to me.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)