14th September 2008
Jesus H. Christ. I haven't written in a while. You lose one day, you lose 'em all, right?
So, it appears as though I have a lot of catching up to do. Let me see, what has happened since my last blog, two months ago...
For starters, I went on the Summer School at Nottingham University, and it was fucking marvellous. I had so much fun, met some awesome new people, and got a taste for university life. Also, I hit 100k on the novel the day before going.
Speaking of the novel, I wrote solidly for the rest of the summer, pretty much. I have a progress chart on a Gaia thread, so I'll put that in here.
July 3rd: 3,573 words written. Chapter Two part 1 finished, part 2 begun.
July 4th: 2,550 words written. Chapter Two part 2 finished, part 3 begun.
July 5th: 2,139 words written. Chapter Two part 3 continued. 100K REACHED! *Does a happy dance* I think I might have to up that goal now though...
July 6th: SUMMER SCHOOL
July 7th: SUMMER SCHOOL
July 8th: SUMMER SCHOOL
July 9th: SUMMER SCHOOL
July 10th: SUMMER SCHOOL
July 11th: SUMMER SCHOOL (Oh, it's good to be back!! I miss people already though... Boo...) - 2,048 words written. Chapter Two part 3 complete, part 4 begun.
July 12th: 2,065 words written. Chapter Two part 4 continued.
July 13th: 2,590 words written. Chapter Two part 4 completed, Chapter Three begun.
July 14th: 2,308 words written. Chapter Three part 1 completed, part 2 begun.
July 15th: 4,170 words written. Chapter Three part 2 completed, part 3 begun.
July 16th: 2,501 words written. Chapter Three part 3 continued.
July 17th: 2,158 words written. Chapter Three part 3 completed, part 4 begun.
July 18th: 0.
It's all good. <3>
July 19th: 2,183 words written. Chapter Three part 4 continued.
July 20th: 2,105 words written. Chapter Three part 4 completed, Chapter Four begun.
July 21st (today has been an emotionall difficult day, but success has been achieved): 2,563 words written. Chapter Four part one completed, part 2 begun. Major plot point reached!
July 22nd: 2,158 words written. Chapter Four part 2 finished, part 3 begun and finished.
July 23rd (today instead of writing I drew cartoons of my characters. It's all good. =D): 0 words written.
July 24th: 2,116 words written. Chapter Five begun.
Jul 25th: 2,058 words written. Chapter Five part 1 complete, part 2 begun.
Lost track while on holiday... Made slow but steady progress though!
August 2nd (three hour delay at the airport plus a four hour flight means productivity!): NOVEL COMPLETE!! I've cut about four thousand words out. I hit 140k, and I'm now back down with a final count of 136k. =D Go me! *Throws another party*
Yes, it is true. I have finished the novel! Also, I've renamed it. The new name of this novel is now Purple Mist, so that made me happy.
Since I finished the novel within the summer, and I still had a good chunk of the SuWriMos left, I decided to tackle the second novel in the trilogy, which now has the name Dark Hour. As of today I'm on 57,864 words. Talk about progress! =D I wrote nearly 200,000 words this summer, and read plenty too. It's been great. Now, I'm back at Sixth Form.
Also over the summer I got my AS level exam results: AABC. They're not as great as I wanted (the C is annoying, but I can't do better in that subject, and the B in History was supposed to be an A, but I screwed the exam up due to a wrist cramp). Consequently I'm retaking one of the History exams in January to boost my grade up to an A, and then I'll be happy. Sixth Form is way more difficult this year, already, but I'm going to force myself to cope with it without resorting to some kind of mental breakdown.
I've had to reduce my daily word count goal down to 500 words, because of the school work, but even with this count I still figure I can get to 80k on the novel before NaNo starts. I've decided that I'm going to start a new novel for NaNo this year, and leave my trilogy to more serious writings. I've been having some trouble with my writing lately, which I hate, and so I figure that if I take November out to write something that is complete and utter nonsense I'll be able to relax myself and I'll go back into Black Hour feeling so much better because of it. I need a break, and I need to write something even more shit than this. Does that make sense? I think it makes sense, anyway. >_>
At the very least I'm going to try and make blogging every day a priority, because I feel guilty for writing nothing over this last two months. If I make it something I have to do, then I won't skip it, and I have to admit I do love going back through all these posts and reading them. So, I promise myself, it is as important as writing, or doing homework.
Yeah?
Yeah. :)
Honest.
Anyway. For now I'm going to perhaps write some more while I'm in the mood. You never know when it might end. :/
Peace out.
xxx
So, it appears as though I have a lot of catching up to do. Let me see, what has happened since my last blog, two months ago...
For starters, I went on the Summer School at Nottingham University, and it was fucking marvellous. I had so much fun, met some awesome new people, and got a taste for university life. Also, I hit 100k on the novel the day before going.
Speaking of the novel, I wrote solidly for the rest of the summer, pretty much. I have a progress chart on a Gaia thread, so I'll put that in here.
July 3rd: 3,573 words written. Chapter Two part 1 finished, part 2 begun.
July 4th: 2,550 words written. Chapter Two part 2 finished, part 3 begun.
July 5th: 2,139 words written. Chapter Two part 3 continued. 100K REACHED! *Does a happy dance* I think I might have to up that goal now though...
July 6th: SUMMER SCHOOL
July 7th: SUMMER SCHOOL
July 8th: SUMMER SCHOOL
July 9th: SUMMER SCHOOL
July 10th: SUMMER SCHOOL
July 11th: SUMMER SCHOOL (Oh, it's good to be back!! I miss people already though... Boo...) - 2,048 words written. Chapter Two part 3 complete, part 4 begun.
July 12th: 2,065 words written. Chapter Two part 4 continued.
July 13th: 2,590 words written. Chapter Two part 4 completed, Chapter Three begun.
July 14th: 2,308 words written. Chapter Three part 1 completed, part 2 begun.
July 15th: 4,170 words written. Chapter Three part 2 completed, part 3 begun.
July 16th: 2,501 words written. Chapter Three part 3 continued.
July 17th: 2,158 words written. Chapter Three part 3 completed, part 4 begun.
July 18th: 0.
It's all good. <3>July 19th: 2,183 words written. Chapter Three part 4 continued.
July 20th: 2,105 words written. Chapter Three part 4 completed, Chapter Four begun.
July 21st (today has been an emotionall difficult day, but success has been achieved): 2,563 words written. Chapter Four part one completed, part 2 begun. Major plot point reached!
July 22nd: 2,158 words written. Chapter Four part 2 finished, part 3 begun and finished.
July 23rd (today instead of writing I drew cartoons of my characters. It's all good. =D): 0 words written.
July 24th: 2,116 words written. Chapter Five begun.
Jul 25th: 2,058 words written. Chapter Five part 1 complete, part 2 begun.
Lost track while on holiday... Made slow but steady progress though!
August 2nd (three hour delay at the airport plus a four hour flight means productivity!): NOVEL COMPLETE!! I've cut about four thousand words out. I hit 140k, and I'm now back down with a final count of 136k. =D Go me! *Throws another party*
Yes, it is true. I have finished the novel! Also, I've renamed it. The new name of this novel is now Purple Mist, so that made me happy.
Since I finished the novel within the summer, and I still had a good chunk of the SuWriMos left, I decided to tackle the second novel in the trilogy, which now has the name Dark Hour. As of today I'm on 57,864 words. Talk about progress! =D I wrote nearly 200,000 words this summer, and read plenty too. It's been great. Now, I'm back at Sixth Form.
Also over the summer I got my AS level exam results: AABC. They're not as great as I wanted (the C is annoying, but I can't do better in that subject, and the B in History was supposed to be an A, but I screwed the exam up due to a wrist cramp). Consequently I'm retaking one of the History exams in January to boost my grade up to an A, and then I'll be happy. Sixth Form is way more difficult this year, already, but I'm going to force myself to cope with it without resorting to some kind of mental breakdown.
I've had to reduce my daily word count goal down to 500 words, because of the school work, but even with this count I still figure I can get to 80k on the novel before NaNo starts. I've decided that I'm going to start a new novel for NaNo this year, and leave my trilogy to more serious writings. I've been having some trouble with my writing lately, which I hate, and so I figure that if I take November out to write something that is complete and utter nonsense I'll be able to relax myself and I'll go back into Black Hour feeling so much better because of it. I need a break, and I need to write something even more shit than this. Does that make sense? I think it makes sense, anyway. >_>
At the very least I'm going to try and make blogging every day a priority, because I feel guilty for writing nothing over this last two months. If I make it something I have to do, then I won't skip it, and I have to admit I do love going back through all these posts and reading them. So, I promise myself, it is as important as writing, or doing homework.
Yeah?
Yeah. :)
Honest.
Anyway. For now I'm going to perhaps write some more while I'm in the mood. You never know when it might end. :/
Peace out.
xxx
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