28th June

80k!
80k on the novel!
I'm so happy. That felt better than to hit than 75k, and yet I'm not really sure why. Though, I'm only... half way through the plot. I'm just hoping that my second half will be shorter than my second half (not possible numerically, but you know what I mean). I don't think that will happen though. I suppose I'll cut some of this out in the rewrite, but, I think it's nearly all important. I mean, okay sure, I did spend some time tonight describing an elevator, but my MC has never been in one before, and so for her to just get in one without any kind of thought or anything would be stupid. Especially since she's a relatively curious, yet paranoid character in comparison to other characters in the novel/in other novels.

Well. Whatever. It's a novel for me. If it's boring, it's boring. I don't care. I'll keep saying it, and saying it. Because, in the end, I'd rather have a long boring novel, with all my character interaction and a summer's worth of writing fun that nothing at all, besides which I love pretty much everything I've written to some extent. There is only one scene of about 100 words that I want to cut out, and only then because it doesn't fit with the narration style. HELL if my novel bores people, does that matter? If I'm the only one really to read it, then hopefully it won't bore my reader(s) at all! XD

Calina is handling being away from Ellette quite well actually. In fact, she seems to be coping better than she did in the scenes were she was alone at the university. She seems to have already developed a sense of confidence, even if her knees are buckling underneath her. And she's already made some VERY powerful friends. I think that's a good thing, personally, and it means that the plot is progressing, because she's about to start the second part of the novel now, with a quest. >D Ooooo. No, it's not really the fun kind of quest- well, it could be if I made a whole novel of it, but that's not the point. The quest is a bi product of the obsession that occurs earlier in the novel, and not the other way around. Do I care if this makes it unmarketable? NOPE! =D I love it!

And, I love Calina, because I didn't think she'd handle this well at all. :]

And, I'm rambling.
So, like any of you care.
It's bed time soon.
xx

26th June

75k on the novel! *dances*

Yes. I feel good. Is that a crime?

Even if it is, I don't care.
This novel means a lot to me right now, and even though sometimes it's a bit hard to write it, I don't let that bother me. It might be boring for other people to read, they might hate it, but at the end of the day it's my novel, and so I can do what I like with it. People don't have to read it, but I do have to write it, so I might as well enjoy it. Right?

So, we're 3/4 of the way to my original goal, right? and I'm still nowhere near halfway through. I mean. There's probably another 7-10k left of this half of the novel. To be honest it kind of feels like nothing has happened, major plot point wise, which I suppose is true. Things have happened, but they're all insignificant enough that people may see them as boring. I have a lot of interaction between Calina and Ellette which will hopefully play towards the plot point that I have just thrown out there, but I don't even know if people see the relationship between the sisters like I do. Oh well. If the novel is an epic, I'll just have to buy a pipe and call myself Tolkien. I'm sure a lot of people won't mind. <33

Anyways, I'm in a rant-y mood tonight, so I have a feeling that it would be a good idea for me to go to bed, and get some sleep. I've been far too tired lately, and thus I'm getting boring.

Actually, I'm boring anyays. My life is basically: Wicked, School, Writing, Wicked, Writing, Reading, Wicked, Writing, Wicked, Wicked, Wicked, Rant, School... Yeah. I'm pretty sure you can see the common themes there... I've listened to the Kerry Ellis version of Defying Gravity 94 times already in the last three days, and that's only the times I've listening to it on the pc. I also have my iPod. (No, I'm not counting. iTunes is. I'm not that sad... Yet. >_>)

So.
Without further ado,
I bid ye adieu.
:3

Oh god. I'm rhyming now! -shoot me?-

xx
Peace out.

23rd June 2008

66,000 words on the novel now. Whoo! Progress!

I 'accidentally' only wrote 31 words on Saturday, because of Alex's birthday party, so I'm 2k behind, but I'm not up to writing that today, really. I'm quite happy though, because my plot is going somewhere, I think. It's not going anywhere fast, but it's moving (hey, snail's pace is better than ROCK). I'm quite happy with how things are working out at the moment, but I'm getting kinda sad because soon I'm going to have to leave behind a number of my main characters (well, ALL, actually) including Medina, Ellette and Azaliah so that Calina can move out into the big wide world on her own. Damnit, that sucks. I think that's what has me stalling. I'll miss Ellette too much, really. I've come to love the dynamic when I put Calina and Letty together, and I'm not going to have that soon. Nuuu!

I could cry. Only, I planned it that way, always, and so I need to stop whining and just get on with it. Really I am such a big baby. D:

I suppose I'd really better get on with it, eah?

In other news. People should SERIOUSLY check out Kerry Ellis' version of Defying Gravity. It'll be on her new album, and WOAH. It's like... Wicked in Rock! (Amazing really, since that's the name of her album... >_>) I love it. It's so rocky, and it makes me want to jump around and sing along, even more than the Wicked original. God I love that woman. If only I could steal her voice... I'd sneak up and- actually, that would be mean. Forget that. Mhmmm... If only I could.... get her to tour Derby? xD That would be better, but almost as mean. Damn. It looks like it's Broadway and the West End forever. D:

But, that's enough. I'll rant about it otherwise. And, even though the song is great, and so are her other songs, I don't want to waste any more time typing this when I could be like... Doing other things. :D

Toodles. <3

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Now playing: Kerry Ellis - Defying Gravity

Just about June 21st...

Kitty is tired, this morning. Early morning.

61,000 words in with the novel, and it's sloppy, and choppy, and horrible, and yet she's loving every minute of it. Well, most of it. xD Calina is being wonderfully fickle, as usual, Ellette's run off with Medina and Azaliah, and Endara is having post-murder breakdowns about the death of her sister. Meanwhile Vanora- oh she annoys me- has decided that she wants to be a novelist. She's the freaking music student. WHY?

They always change their minds. Calina most of all. I have a love/hate relationship with her right now, though. I'm supposed to be fully in support of her wild accusations, but I'm not, which means that it comes across as her being really wild, and that means people don't believe her. And that's annoying, because that's how she becomes the good guy. Holy Exos this is getting confusing.

And jumbled.

I'm jumbled.

A tired, jumbled mess.
I'll go to bed.
I think.

xx

17th June 2008.

Oh Goodness it's been a while. I suppose I'll have to put it down to laziness, really, and lack of motivation and interesting facts to write in this thing... Let's see, what's happened since February?

A lot of writing, for one.

On April 8th 2008, I finally finished Pride, my NaNoWriMo novel from waaaaay back in 2005. I was so proud of myself! The ending was something I've been thinking about for a very, very long time, and so to finally get it finished was a great relief, and to be honest I'm glad I'm rid of it. It's definitely time to move on from that novel for a long while, and I don't even think I'll bother to edit it. My characters went from 2D to 3D, to unsure, to 2D, 3D... Dear goodness. I got so confused. I think I ended on a high note though, so that's that.

I'm also taking part in the Gaian SuWriMos (Summer Writing Months) again this year, and during my exams I had the biggest idea ever. It's a fantasy, almost a moral tale about obsessions, and the thin line between good and evil. I had the luxury of going to see Wicked at the London Apollo Victoria Theatre, in London, on April 23rd, and I loved it so much I went again on May 29th. My sister and I got loads of autographs (though, sadly, we missed the lead Kerry Ellis because she was ill. She's in Broadway now, for six months), and I also read the book Wicked, by Gregory Maguire. It was so inspirational.

So, on the novel: I started on June 2nd, and the idea is that I'll continue writing in a NaNoWriMo until the 31st of August. As of tonight I'm already on 53k, which is fantastic- though I'm beginning to think the novel is going to be longer than I anticipated. at first I thought 100k, like all of my other novels have been, but like I said: I'm already at 53k, and I'm probably only a third of the way through the storyline. That leads me to think that I've got a monster epic on my hands. And, of course, it's another trilogy: the first novel is from Calina's point of view. She's supposed to be the good guy. The second novel is from Medina's point of view. She's purple and supposed to be the bad guy. And finally the third novel is from a more neutral point of view. Big project, no?

Bah. I have very little else to talk about, besides writing and Wicked (since that's all my life consists of... I'm such a boring person) I've done nothing else... Well, nothing that I can remember after a few months. Except my exams. I did those, and probably failed, but that's just as boring. I'll stop.

xx