- Created By Mimmi
Don't dream it's over
I steal TC's posting style!
- After giving it some thought, I'll hold off on posting the note. Not that it's much to steal but who knows if I'll grow possessive about it at some point in the future, haha.
- I went in to work today only to find out I'd misread the schedule xD; A co-worker suggested I finish off her hours but with how the next couple of weeks look like ... I'll need all my days off ._. It kinda threw my day around, though, so nothing much got done after I got home xD Amazing how fast the brain and body switches off when they're not needed....
- Also at work: earlier in the week an elderly couple walked past me as I was packing up stuff. The man stopped and the patted my forehead.
Man: "What nice bangs you have"
Me: "^_^;"
Man: "And what nice breasts you've got, too"
Me: "... -.-' *growl*"
Man hastily adds: "But those I can't touch"
"No~."Told a co-worker right after it happened and she got totally protective of me, asking if he was still in the store and for me to point him out ^^; After we found them another pal at work said the couple were regulars and the man only recently began going off his rocker, causing situations like mine. Poor wife.
- Yesterday I helped an elderly lady pack up her groceries and carry them out to her car. She gave me a tip to buy 'something sweet with' which I couldn't refuse because she was so incredibly sweet, thanking me profusely, and it would've felt insulting to turn her down :3
- I'm tempted to post what little there is of my story.
Working 9 to 5.... kinda ^^;
This week's schedule
Monday: 6.45am - 4pm
Tuesday: 6.45am - 3.10pm (overtime after 1.30pm)
Wednesday: Freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Thursday: 7am - 5pm
Friday: 11am - 6 pm(Misread the schedule ^^;)
Saturday: Freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee :D
Sunday: 4pm - 8pm :o
But why are you sharing your schedule with everyone?
1) Because I feel like reveling in it 2) so people can praise me for working 3) it gives an actual reason for why I am falling behind with my commenting >.>
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Montana it is! It's far from New York and has all the requirements for fitting into the story. Now I just need to decide whether to really go through with being more thorough by picking a town/a general area or just go with Montana. Decisions!
Alright then. Because I feel guilty about not having read the latest chapter in "The Imperial Guard" by Becky, I shall try to divulge how my writing process works. Prepare yourself for something non-spectacular and boring. Don't wanna raise your expectations unnecessarily, after all >.>
I will always be anywhere but at the computer when, pokeprodnudgeslap, a scene plays out in my mind. Both characters and sceneries are always very clear. First I take a moment to focus on it, sort of like fixing your eyes on a target so it doesn't vanish while you're reaching for your camera/weapon/sketch book. Then a mad scramble for paper and pen ensues.
Sometimes my notes are detailed, including past-present-future "status" of the characters, but they may just as well be bare boned and simply describe place and characters in the scene.
This time around it happened while being in the early stages of my horrible virus sickness, strangely enough! I saw a scene (setting, character, story progression from before that moment, incredibly brief conversation) and then immediately moved onto back-tracking (moviefied example: a grown man stares at a painting and the scene gradually/swiftly changes to him as a young boy, staring at the same painting)
Once that's done I'll move to the computer, since there's no way I could write with a pen/pencil. My thoughts/decisions are all over the story and half of it would fade away before I could think about jotting anything down ^^; Plus, it removes the frustrations of editing.
On the subject of editing, if you were to look over my shoulder while this initial process occurs you'd seriously wonder if there was actually a cohesive plot behind what appears on the screen. Short paragraphs covering a page, none of them connecting to each other, duplicates of a scene when I can't decide if the original was better or the improvement will work with the rest of the rough draft, a mix of heavy detailed/polished writing and random plot points (kind of comparing Mona Lisa to a "connect the dots" with half of the image missing).
I like to work from beginning to end, ie writing the story as it plays out instead of skipping the middle part to tinker with the ending. Probably because of my obsessive-compulsive editing and how the story will change as my initial notes become more polished. That's not to say there's no flexibility, though. If my inspiration decides it wants to focus on something further ahead then obviously I'm not gonna be able to stop it, haha.
That's pretty much it :o
(Care to witness my notes for the story I'm currently working on? ^^;) And I'm now too lazy/exhausted to proofread this post!
Break time, though not the spiritual kind
I love you all :3
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While a thunderstorm kept me from the computer yesterday, and thusly sapped me from all inspiration, today I actually managed to overcome my inexplicable incapability to get anything down in Word even though it looked futile :o
Reading through Becky's Workshops has really helped me put more thought and effort into my writing, instead of just tossing out the story from my head. I'm questioning and explaining the people and surroundings of the main character a little more, whereas usually I've just focused on the emotions of him/her right now while vaguely pointing towards why they're in their current state. My verbosity has been limited to fluff up those emotions but now I want to try to direct that flourished tendency towards fleshing out more than the inner monologues.
Another thing that's come to my attention is how I "position" myself in my writing. Whenever I read Becky's stories, for instance, I feel like I'm hovering very close to the characters. There's no distance. After having given it thought I don't get that feeling when I look at my own writing. It's as if I'm somewhere in the stratosphere, looking down. And this despite being incredibly connected to the people/happenings.
To use an image: Becky's characters are cuddled close in my arms but my own are a distance away from me with an umbilical chord between us.
I dunno. It struck me as interesting ^^;
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Is Montana a state with open fields, mountains and woodland? I'm looking at a map to decide where to base some people and those are three requirements but it might not work? Feel free to help me by nominating another one that'd be suitable. It also has to be a fair distance from New York.
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My eldest sister is on the last leg of her 3-week New York visit. It's been a dream of hers for many years to go there and I'm so happy she's finally getting to realize that wish. Especially when I take into consideration how, just a few years ago, she couldn't leave her home (roughly 4 hours away) to come visit us for a day. She's not even home yet and already she's planning to return, haha. Mom might go with her, even! Oh boy. My family is growing independent :p
Almost a week
Hours of [Paid] Work this week
Monday: 8am - 2pm (30 min break)
Tuesday: 7am - 2pm (30 min break)
Wednesday: 1pm - 7.30pm (30 min break)
Thursday: 11am - 7pm (45 min break)
Friday: 11am - 6.30pm (30 min break)
Looks like the 3 weeks (30, 31, 32) of paid summer work they gave me has turned into 5 weeks. So far, hehehe. Heh. People are calling in sick left and right while others are off on their vacation (leaving them with a smaller pool of people to rope in), which is why they pulled me in for paid work right off the bat Monday morning.
Also, I now know how much they'll pay me an hour but the sum is before taxes (of unknown figures) and therefore I'll hold off on sharing that information until the pay specification arrives :)
Well then. Barring any unexpected short-staffing-ness tomorrow or Sunday, I'll have two days to recuperate and hopefully write a little more! And post. And comment. And sleep. Possibly eat somewhere in between all that.
.... Zzzzzzzzzzzz
This pen is rrrrrrr----oyal blue
Croissant! How does one write where a person is sitting if they're in the marked seat? *fails* Seriously. If it were in any of the other chairs I could just go "at the far end of the table". "Middle of the table" sounds odd.
Petit chou! Yes, I skivvied off from working on the story by making the above image >.>
Baguette! It's proving remarkably tough to write out this latest project. I've so much I want to say that trying to get it onto Word is like dumping heavy barrels into a small boat with a hole drilled into it while someone's scooping out water like mad in a vain attempt to keep it all afloat.
Chocolate! This time around I'm really going all out with the embellishing. It's so dense that I don't reckon anyone will want to actually read it....
Gerard Diepardieu! (.... O.o) That's to say, if it ever gets finished or polished enough to be previewed. I've barely produced 1 page worth of "readable" "story" thus far.
Fromage! ... *proceeds to watch YouTube videos*
