Hopefully everything's going well with everyone. Just enjoying that fresh, new baby myself. And with the time off and my transition to working from the home, perhaps I could get some writing or revising done on the various things I've got started.
Have a good week, people. What's up in your lives?
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Why I love write-ins:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7263466382698839005
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Mar 10, 2008 - 09 22
Looked for my write-in post in the write-in thread and it's not there.
We're planning a write-in on the 15th (well, an edit-in in support of NaNoEdMo), or a meeting discussing revisions, editing, etc.
Speaking of which, I've got to try rewriting my writing group exercise. The idea in this one is you lost something you wrote so you have to reconstruct it from memory and see if you get some different things that work better. If you've got a "Sai of Love" from earlier meetings, (or your own short story) rewrite it completely from scratch, keeping the plot, setting, and characters, the situations, just try to rebuild it from memory. This is a rewriting exercise, not exactly the same as a revision exercise. Maybe you'll get better dialogue, or a better description or some other element you'd like to pull into the original piece.
One of my books suggests the procedure as a way to 'get a full rewrite' as it is so easy with the computer to revise instead of redoing the whole piece from the beginning. We're trying it to see if there's anything to the idea. If anyone has done the rewrite by the 15th, we'll discuss it then.
March 15, Saturday, 1p-3p (and quite possibly later, the last Write-in ran at least an hour later than scheduled before Andy, Jeannine, and I left the MLK write-in at Minnehaha coffee in February). THIS WRITE-IN IS AT NINA'S IN ST. PAUL, near Grand avenue 35E, and all that. Since the mascot was purchased at Nina's, I will try to bring it on Saturday. He's about what, three months old, and hasn't grown at all. He looks exactly the same.
If you haven't yet made it to a writing-group / write-in / meeting, please try to come this week, no pressure! Weather is looking like it will be a nice "it's not spring yet" day.
On a personal note: Work is really starting to get on my nerves lately. It's like I'm freaking speaking in tongues and everyone just nods along, "Yeah, that's a good idea, but here's what we're going to do instead." GAH!
And I have exactly twice as many posts as Cali! Yawp! (126 to 63). I'm productive! (kidding!)
Brian.
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Mar 11, 2008 - 05 50
Wheeee! And by "wheeee!", I mean "insert your favorite expletive here". I just worked out a whole new angle on my 2007 NaNo novel (came to me about half an hour before I fell asleep, so I had it on my mind all night), and thankfully it came about as I'm editing the last quarter of it. I'll be able to work it in during the next round of edits from the beginning, but it's really going to change the dynamic of the main characters.
But I'm still keepin' White Star of the North and Black Hibiscus.
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Mar 12, 2008 - 19 25
Ooh, looking at the word count of a current project made me want to come back here. I suddenly felt a renewed will to work on something I've started - not that NaNoWriMo travesty I created, but something else entirely that wasn't hashed together in a month. I just had an epiphany today, and it brought me back here with a 'new' story, hehheh.
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Mar 14, 2008 - 14 03
Well, I just finished the week from hell. I can now officially confirm that my system at work shuts down at 9:00pm and kicks you out, whether you're done or not. I was not. Stupid system. However, the end of crazy time is in sight, so things should calm down in another month or two. :)
I got a couple writing exercises in last night after getting to leave work before sunset (first time all week!), but not the "it got destroyed" one. I'll try for that tonight.