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Writing Excercise

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Write a list of New Year’s resolutions for your novel’s hero or heroine.

Hmm. Okay. ONLY YOURS is finished, and the story begins in late October. So I’m going to write this from the time frame of January of the year the novel began.

Lena
– Get into an Ivy League college
– Write three songs
– More spiritual reflection

Jeremy
– Earn a football scholarship
– Get a motorcycle
– Ask Lena out (finally!)

ACK! This is hard. I feel like these lists make them seem so one-dimensional and they are so far from that.

You’d think I’d know better, I mean, I’ve been working with these characters for years now. Hmmm.

(Originally published at Anywhere Is…)

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Writing Meme

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15 Things About Me and Writing; stolen from pbray (who posted it forever ago):

1) I listen to music as I write.

2) Drinks and snacks are essential.

3) I am very superstitious. I’ll tell people I’m working on something, but if I give details, the project seems to flop.

4) I’ve been writing since I was eleven.

5) A banana appears at least once in every book I write.

6) I write the best when I’m not supposed to be writing. For example, when I should be sleeping or cleaning the house.

7) My characters often keep me up at night.

8) I have to fall in love with my characters for the WIP to go past 25 pages.

9) I prefer writing at the computer or laptop.

10) I carry a yellow legal pad with me for taking notes.

11) Music inspires me greatly.

12) I’m still fighting the inner critic.

13) Book titles usually don’t come to me until I’m nearly finished writing the novel.

14) I like to keep a game at my disposal when I write–usually BeJeweled 2 or Boggle.

15) I feel like giving up at least once a day.

(Originally published at Anywhere Is…)

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December Goal!!!!!!

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Zokutou word meter
10,527 / 10,000
(105.3%)

(Originally published at Anywhere Is…)

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Just Wanted to Say…

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I have great friends in the writing world. :)

Thank you… you all know who you are.

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Soul of a Writer

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I screwed up big time on something that was a BIG DEAL to me and when the repercussions hit, I was knocked on my butt. I cried, read “Confessions of a Shopaholic” and slept. Now I’m eating Reese’s Pieces. My spirits are lifting.

The funny thing is that when something goes wrong, I immediately start mentally attacking my writing even if what happened has nothing to do with my writing. That’s what I did today, and I was ready to give up all the way.

As I was falling asleep, ideas kept popping into my head for something new.

It didn’t take me even five minutes after I woke up to start planning on what I was going to work on next and/or continue.

Ideas for current WIP keep coming.

HUH?

I was ready to give up, I’d convinced myself that I was too stupid and careless to ever make it in this field, and yet, my mind kept churning out the goods.

I guess I do have the soul of a writer, and I couldn’t ever stop even if I THOUGHT I wanted to.

Once upon a time, I would have crawled into a dark, black hole and shut myself up for an indeterminable amount of time. Thank God I can’t even fathom doing something like that right now. Even though I am still reeling at my idiocy, I know I have to stop beating myself up and move on, right?

I’ve learned a valuable and expensive lesson today. It must have been meant to be.

(Originally published at Anywhere Is…)

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