mootmom (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} mootmom) wrote,@ 2003-11-05 07:43:00 |
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Day: 04/30
Words: 8,911/50,000
So I ended on a '1' again. I did that on purpose.
I figured out yesterday what "that thing" was going to be, and spent a while last night describing it and trying to work in its significance to two of my clueless characters without stomping all over my unsuspecting readers with boring explanatory paragraphs disguised as dialog. (Ha ha ha ha ha! "Readers," she says! Ha ha ha ha ha! Oh. Sorry. That made me laugh, for some reason.) BUT, I do now see a direction in which the story can go. No guarantee that it will make for an interesting story at the end of the day, but hey, I'm writing and it's all good. Right?
Last night's write-in was a lot of fun. I only just barely managed to get in my word count, but I attribute that to having to read some background material (Poe's "The Gold Bug") and good music twinkling on the intercom (hmmm, that's not the right word for the music they pipe into bookstore cafes, is it?). I was "singing" along with too many classical pieces, then my hands wanted to play along from memory and I got all nostalgic about my mother's old piano. Thanks, composer andgallifreyan, for indulging me. (That electronic keyboard may be a good idea after all, Rob...)
So, today is a special day all around!! The boys are already off to school, Charlie is in (or nearly in?) Helsinki by now, and I took the day off! (Every Wed. in Nov., actually.) My plan is to clean the rat cage first thing, do some writing, go to yoga at 9:15, shower and eat a little, head to OVC for afternoon writing, pick the boys up at 4:30 for orthodontia, pick up sushi on the way home, eat and change, and head to downtown SJ for... Simon and Garfunkel! I am so jazzed, the set list sounds so fantastic. And the Everly Bros. are just icing on that rich musical cake. (Urk. Can you tell it's writing month?) I am SO looking forward to today!
Words: 8,911/50,000
So I ended on a '1' again. I did that on purpose.
I figured out yesterday what "that thing" was going to be, and spent a while last night describing it and trying to work in its significance to two of my clueless characters without stomping all over my unsuspecting readers with boring explanatory paragraphs disguised as dialog. (Ha ha ha ha ha! "Readers," she says! Ha ha ha ha ha! Oh. Sorry. That made me laugh, for some reason.) BUT, I do now see a direction in which the story can go. No guarantee that it will make for an interesting story at the end of the day, but hey, I'm writing and it's all good. Right?
Last night's write-in was a lot of fun. I only just barely managed to get in my word count, but I attribute that to having to read some background material (Poe's "The Gold Bug") and good music twinkling on the intercom (hmmm, that's not the right word for the music they pipe into bookstore cafes, is it?). I was "singing" along with too many classical pieces, then my hands wanted to play along from memory and I got all nostalgic about my mother's old piano. Thanks, composer and
gallifreyan, for indulging me. (That electronic keyboard may be a good idea after all, Rob...)So, today is a special day all around!! The boys are already off to school, Charlie is in (or nearly in?) Helsinki by now, and I took the day off! (Every Wed. in Nov., actually.) My plan is to clean the rat cage first thing, do some writing, go to yoga at 9:15, shower and eat a little, head to OVC for afternoon writing, pick the boys up at 4:30 for orthodontia, pick up sushi on the way home, eat and change, and head to downtown SJ for... Simon and Garfunkel! I am so jazzed, the set list sounds so fantastic. And the Everly Bros. are just icing on that rich musical cake. (Urk. Can you tell it's writing month?) I am SO looking forward to today!
