Adjusted plan: goal is 1500 words nightly, but I absolutely cannot leave the computer until I have at least 500 words down.
As I posted, I did okay the first day. But last night I didn't manage any words at all. It wasn't for trying: I sat at the computer for two hours at least. And I wasn't fooling around online, either. I was messing with my iTunes a bit, mainly to listen to some of my bagpipe music and get "in the zone" but for the most part I was just trying to focus and get back into writing mode. At midnight I gave it up for a lost cause.
Had a productive day today: cleaned up the kitchen, cleaned and did a partial water change on my aquarium, washed several loads of laundry, and cleaned out/reorganized the garage. (We can actually park a vehicle in there now, which will be handy when it starts freezing in earnest.) Then we went to a bonfire with our Sunday school group. Couldn't have asked for better weather - not too cold but with the Fall crispness in the air, still enough daylight to cook by, and not so dry anymore that having a large fire was risky.
Tonight I started slow. Found some new Alec-y pics of Martin Henderson that got me closer to the character again. Spent some time looking for an Elspeth, but it's hard to find pics of, say, 20-something actresses with brown hair and eyes online - unless I am the only one not aware of where to look.
Opened three or so scenes and skimmed them, trying to find a place to pick up. Finally settled on the kidnapping scene, one of the ones I left in the middle and haven't been sure how to finish.
Tonight I squeaked by with my 500 words, and it's pretty late. At least I get an "extra" hour of sleep in the morning. (Though I'm not thrilled at the prospect of darkness so early in the evening from now on.) But! I have regained a tiny bit of momentum, and the scene is taking shape, so I should get out of the gate quicker next time.
Tomorrow I've got church, some book shopping for the Project Night Night drive, my FIL is coming up to visit, I need to write, and oh - did I mention I probably have to go into work for 3-4 hours (unpaid) to catch up on all the stuff that hit the fan Friday afternoon? *sigh*
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Immortals
2 years ago
2 comments:
Hi Jenny,
Mind if I comment? Sometimes the 'internet distractions' aren't such a bad thing. They allow you the time to organize and construct your thoughts. When you are forced to stare at a blank screen, sometimes that's all you do. By allowing your mind to float over more than one thing at a time, viola, creativity pops in. Eh, just how I see it. Limit your distractions, yes. Eliminate them, why?
As for a twenty something with brown hair and eyes, Anne Hathaway is the only one that comes to mind. Well, and my daughter, who is a beaute, btw. (s)
What about her: http://www.splanemann.de/popup_schauspieler/letschert_lotte/letschert_bilder.html
She's a German actress.
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