tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61397915710124835882012-02-16T18:53:53.891-06:00My ventures and disventures in the dark writing world.lavenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16262836639640433634noreply@blogger.comBlogger191100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139791571012483588.post-58642967005626911932009-05-02T19:59:00.004-05:002009-05-02T20:13:53.988-05:00

Even though I could come up with a million excuses for not finishing Script Frenzy for the 2nd time, out of 3, failure… it just sucks. I can say that even if I tried to write that script like a maniac in the last week, I would’ve murdered my school work, but as I sit here at this very moment, I’m avoiding doing work I’m supposed to be doing. Add up all the hours I sit trying to distract myself

lavenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16262836639640433634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139791571012483588.post-72898086445979532462009-04-12T10:12:00.002-05:002009-04-12T10:15:08.961-05:00

I took the 43 Things Personality Quiz and found out I'm aSelf-Knowing Self-Improving Builder Just something I did in relation to my previous post. I have 30/43 things on my new 43 Things account. Actually, I was surprised... I thought I wanted to do a lot more. My list is at: http://www.43things.com/person/lavendrin

lavenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16262836639640433634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139791571012483588.post-26267135927053279602009-04-11T20:18:00.001-05:002009-04-11T20:20:46.683-05:00

I’m a little behind in my script, at 23 pages when I should be at 37, but since all I have to do is finish my pilot and begin the 2nd episode (no middles), a few word wars can fix the numbers. My actual novel is my real worry. I’ve been stuck at a scene which seems unimportant, but is so awkward, I keep coming back to it and wondering if I’m going in the wrong direction. I guess every novel has a

lavenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16262836639640433634noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139791571012483588.post-10591718705200311482009-04-03T14:02:00.005-05:002009-04-03T14:11:53.402-05:00

I’m surprised, but working on two projects at once hasn’t revealed any difficulties yet. I think it’s because they’re in different formats, a novel and a script, and since I’m very visual, my mind can differentiate between the two stories well. As a bonus, since the subjects are somewhat related (both realistic*, both inspired by music), I get inspiration for one story while writing the other,

lavenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16262836639640433634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139791571012483588.post-18106011385287970572009-04-02T11:20:00.000-05:002009-04-02T11:22:24.005-05:00

My expectations for yesterday weren’t nearly met… have just over one page of script done and no progress on the novel. I don’t feel as bad as I should since in terms of the Script Frenzy validator, I have 3 pages because it just counts how many pages are in the PDF document, which includes the title page. Yup, that’s how desperate I am to feel good about myself! Anyway, yesterday I got two CDs,

lavenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16262836639640433634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139791571012483588.post-32962450846210534052009-03-31T13:20:00.005-05:002009-03-31T13:35:43.988-05:00

Many of us don’t have “time” to read. That’s a lie. According to the Solution Research Group, “… Right now, the average American, 12 and over, spends 6.1 hours per day with video-based entertainment.” (Check out the article at http://www.i4u.com/article18085.html).It also claims that in the future, this number will equal our sleeping time. I think they meant the time that people should sleep,

lavenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16262836639640433634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139791571012483588.post-8111637191397029102009-03-27T18:33:00.007-05:002009-03-31T13:19:42.267-05:00

Earlier today I had a close brush with Death. It's my novel I'm talking about here. Actually, I had all the good intentions, it's just that I was doing things in the wrong order. My computer's been acting very weird for the past few days, so I assumed that it was a virus and ran some "quick" scans. Nothing came up. Then yesterday, it threw up in my face - any window, any program I opened was

lavenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16262836639640433634noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139791571012483588.post-71931705276632734792009-03-18T20:55:00.007-05:002009-03-31T13:38:08.647-05:00

It's been several days since I've come to the realization that I've set myself up for TWO (that's right) writing contests in one month. Judging from my previous success (ahem) I don't know what to hope for and that might be good so I won't disappoint myself. Speaking of my "success," I think I can now safely say that I've climbed out of the non-writing hole and my Muse is resurrected. She refuses

lavenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16262836639640433634noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139791571012483588.post-39173958083906645742008-11-03T18:01:00.004-06:002009-03-28T09:14:30.611-05:00

I'm not sure the clocks are right. November has crept up on me way too fast.As far as writing, the first day went well. It got 1736 words. Then the second day... I was busy, but I could've fit in a bit of writing, BUT I was too lazy. Today, the writing's hard. I'm really down and the words flow sporadically, like my head's a jumping record player.I have absolutely nothing to do for the rest of

lavenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16262836639640433634noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139791571012483588.post-21027839050470078132008-10-05T11:58:00.002-05:002008-10-05T12:22:28.734-05:00

OK, I sort of stopped blogging for the last part of July... it didn't work, it died. It sucked. But you know, there's NaNo almost every month... like next month! Haha!So this month, the NaNoWriMo, I will win. Because I haven't lost one yet. Because I only did one ;). If you're wondering what it's about, check out my nano page at http://www.nanowrimo.org/eng/user/185577. I don't know if

lavenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16262836639640433634noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139791571012483588.post-8090978333662568602008-07-19T08:36:00.007-05:002008-12-08T15:41:21.874-06:00

It's been pretty hard to keep up with a blog along with all the other stupid stuff in life, but mostly I had trouble getting back on track. Well, I'm not back on track yet, but maybe today... it's a WriDay! Crazy! My goal was 20k, but now it's 15k b/c I have a job orientation today and I don't wanna lose the job, ya know.So I'm pretty psyched at the sexy curve (yellow one) on my spreadsheet. And

lavenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16262836639640433634noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139791571012483588.post-3547481549156907562008-07-14T21:37:00.002-05:002008-12-08T15:41:21.973-06:00

Excuses, excuses. Exhausted, exhausted! Time, time. Tired, tired!That's my life right now. I got my lappie on Friday and didn't really use it use it until a couple days later. Lemme tell you. Nothing has more distractions on it. Except for the Internet. Except it doesn't have Internet on it, so you'd think it'd be the most productive tool on Earth, right? WRONG. Too wrong. Terribly, terribly

lavenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16262836639640433634noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139791571012483588.post-37471154805902554072008-07-09T19:50:00.003-05:002008-12-08T15:41:22.052-06:00

Yesterday: 2400 words written (caught me up and put me ahead). Today: 2072 words written (felt like I didn't write at all). I'm not sure why, but my writing's been very smooth for the past two days. I know tomorrow will be harder, since I don't have much of my plot flash idea left to use, but I have plenty of slack just in case. I love seeing how my Projected curve is slowly curving to meet the

lavenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16262836639640433634noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139791571012483588.post-2818465129865628232008-07-07T18:10:00.004-05:002008-12-08T15:41:22.448-06:00

Tomorrow I will fall into the huge, deep hole of Week 2! Oh noes!Naah.Since I already fell into a couple of ditches in Week One, I think I deserve a moderately spotless Week 2. Well, I wish anyway. But I already know what my characters are doing. (Kind of). And I have a sketchy idea of what lies beyond the horizon. Even though, I'm scared of what lies there, I'll do my best to try to communicate

lavenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16262836639640433634noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139791571012483588.post-75770397598481740332008-07-05T21:55:00.003-05:002008-12-08T15:41:22.540-06:00

OK, whatever that was this morning, wasn't just cranky. I think I was a homicidal maniac for a couple of hours. I attempted to write for those hours, but it was literally impossible b/c my brain wouldn't work (homicidal maniac zombie?) and my soreness made me want to stand up every two minutes to stretch. Finally, when my mom came home, I gave up and went back to bed. Slept about 2-2.5 hours.

lavenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16262836639640433634noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139791571012483588.post-90662500140266918832008-07-03T12:58:00.005-05:002008-12-08T15:41:22.692-06:00

Sorry for not posting yesterday. To be honest, I didn't feel like it.Yesterday was crappy. I got to 2913 words, meaning I wrote just over a thousand words. I'm trying to figure everything out, deal with me here. My wrists hurt if I type for more than 3 hours straight, and not even straight out typing, even IMing. I know this because I tried word wars yesterday and it's basically 15 min war, 15

lavenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16262836639640433634noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139791571012483588.post-83905037417159367302008-07-01T21:56:00.002-05:002008-07-01T22:04:25.089-05:00

For the first time in a long time, I've actually been excited about my writing. I've been interested before, but not completely life-or-death emersed. I'm tired now, but it was sure fun when it lasted. My Muse was going insane - she put drugs into my drink! She thinks it's funny. I also thought it was funny, but that's b/c I was high.I got just 1876 words done today, but it's not bad. I

lavenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16262836639640433634noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139791571012483588.post-8666015056825470422008-06-30T19:25:00.002-05:002008-06-30T19:43:48.159-05:00

I'm very excited. I really, really want to start right now. But I can't =/ No, not b/c I'd be breaking rules... b/c I have summer work to do that's gonna take 4 hours at least. It sucks, I know. That's why I'm procrastinating. Lovely, lovely blog :DOkay, a month or two before I'm going to move, I finally figure out a perfect place to write at. (I'm reading two writing books right now: The

lavenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16262836639640433634noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6139791571012483588.post-59244488662713295462008-06-28T20:32:00.000-05:002008-06-28T20:46:16.535-05:00

JulNoWriMo is just 2 days and 3.5 hours away! And the first time I actually made notes for the novel is today. You'd think I'm doomed. No, I am brilliant. XDI've tried a blog before and everything. I probably will at one point abandon it (maybe until the next writing contest). *shrug* But this month's novel is going to be one helluvaride. So this is for, you know, readers of the novel -

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