Write Every Day, September Day #14

[auroracloud]

Tonight, I went to see a play with a friend. The play dealt with some very heavy themes, heavier than I normally go to see, but it was also mindblowingly good, incredibly well acted and written/adapted and everything else. There is something cathartic about seeing a heavy story really well done, but it's not an experience I want to repeat too often. At least the themes weren't something close to me personally, which made it easier, and it had a hopeful ending. And we could discuss it together and we bought chocolate on the way back.

Anyway, that's kind of taken up most of my evening.

Today's Writing

Since I went to the theatre soon after I'd finished working, I haven't written much today. But on the way I did a bit of brainstorming on possible alternate scenes for the travel writing exercise. And just now I tried to noodle on the fic I started yesterday, but I'm too tired and can't focus, so I gave up after a couple of sentences. I have things I want to write, but tomorrow is a new day. And also, I need to stop eating the chocolates. (ETA: I didn't. I think I won't be allowed to buy Daim Mint again. I feel so sugar-groggy. Which is probably not a word, but it is now, I'm sleepy.)

Tally


Day 1: carenejeans, cornerofmadness, justmcshane, navaan, shopfront, sylvanwitch, trobadora, ysilme, and me. (9 so far)

Day 2: alexseanchai, brightandravenous, carenejeans, cornerofmadness, navaan,shopfront, sylvanwitch, talkingtothesky, trobadora, ysilme, and me. (11 so far)

Day 3: carenejeans, cornerofmadness, navaan, rosefox, shopfront, sylvanwitch, tinx_r, trobadora, ysilme, and me. (10 so far)

Day 4: alexseanchai, carenejeans, cornerofmadness, justmcshane, navaan, rosefox, shopfront, sylvanwitch, tinx_r, trobadora, ysilme, and me. (12 so far)

Day 5: alexseanchai, carenejeans, cornerofmadness, justmcshane, navaan, shopfront, sylvanwitch, tinx_r, trobadora, ysilme, and me. (11 so far)

Day 6: alexseanchai, carenejeans, cornerofmadness, navaan, shopfront, sylvanwitch, trobadora, ysilme, and me. (9 so far)

Day 7: alexseanchai, carenejeans, cornerofmadness, justmcshane, navaan, shopfront, sylvanwitch, trobadora, ysilme, and me. (10 so far)

Day 8: carenejeans, cornerofmadness, justmcshane, navaan, sylvanwitch, tinx_r, trobadora, ysilme, and me. (9 so far)

Day 9: carenejeans, cornerofmadness, navaan, shopfront, sylvanwitch, trobadora, ysilme, and me. (8 so far)

Day 10: carenejeans, cornerofmadness, navaan, sylvanwitch, tinx_r, trobadora, ysilme, and me. (8 so far)

Day 11: carenejeans, cornerofmadness, sylvanwitch, trobadora, ysilme, and me. (6 so far)

Day 12: carenejeans, cornerofmadness, sylvanwitch, talkingtothesky, tinx_r,trobadora, ysilme, and me. (8 so far)

Day 13: alexseanchai, carenejeans, cornerofmadness, sylvanwitch, tinx_r, trobadora, ysilme, and me. (8 so far)


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Comments

[trobadora]

Ack! I've missed two check-ins in a row?! *headdesk*

Anyway, I wrote a little every day, but I'm still not really writing ...

[auroracloud]

I was wondering if I should poke you. *g* Too bad the writing still isn't coming along much, but glad you keep at trying. It'll come in its time!

[sylvanwitch]

I'm glad you had an enriching time at the play with your friend and that you treated yourself to chocolate even if it does make you sugar-groggy (which seems to me a fine word indeed).

I wrote 468 words on the story. I really must figure out where it's going to end. Of course, in those 468 words, a plot twist was born, and now I'm not sure at all what's supposed to be happening. ;-)

[auroracloud]

"Enriching" is a good adjective, yes, because it can hardly be described as fun, but it still gives you something.

Ooh, surprise plot twist! Good luck at figuring out the story - if it ends up too long (however that is defined) you can always pare it down in the editing phase. :)

[alexseanchai]

Pen pal letter, 2K

[auroracloud]

Ooh, letter! I ought to get back to writing those, there are a few I've been meaning to write.

[alexseanchai]

Same. This was none of them!

[cornerofmadness]

I hand wrote a page in lab and that was about it.

[auroracloud]

Glad you were able to use some lab time to write! Sometimes it's about making the time where you can.

[cornerofmadness]

I'm going to really need the test on Tuesday to catch up.

[carenejeans]

I did the usual, nonfiction project in the morning and fiction in the evening. It's become a fairly soothing routine. It would be more soothing if I wasn't writing about a bookshop out to GET YOU.

Did a bit of "research" (i.e., websurfing). I'd forgotten about medieval book curses. This one is quoted a lot: "If anyone take away this book, let him die the death; let him be fried in a pan; let the falling sickness and fever size him; let him be broken on the wheel, and hanged. Amen."

Amen! 8-) Unfortunately, the definitive book on the subject, Anathema! Medieval Scribes and the History of Book Curses is out of print and expensive, but maybe I can find it in the library.

[auroracloud]

Hee, maybe you need to come up with a more comforting alternate project on the days where a creepy bookshop out to get you is a bit much!

Good luck at finding your research book in the library! Meep, medieval book curses sound like an interesting if frightening topic.

[alexseanchai]

*is helpful*

[ysilme]

100 new words for me, and over an hour of file sorting and re-reading of notes and stuff.

[auroracloud]

Yay for both new words and the sorting and re-reading etc. which you also need to be able to do the writing. :-)