Writing. And stuff. ^.^

[imbecamiel]

Woke up this morning to - snow! *dances* I was sad to have missed our first snowfall, while we were in Texas, but this one has a better chance of sticking around for a bit. As it's still going... I have hopes of getting a considerable amount today. Yay!  

And the writing? Is still moving forward. ^.^

I've found that listening to music helps a lot. And it helps more if I put use a headset, instead of just listening to it on the CD player in the background. Doesn't seem to matter whether either the subject or mood of the music fits what I'm trying to write, or even whether or not it has words (which I'd have thought would be really distracting, but... *shrug*). Heheh, I guess it seems to be effective in drowning out the dozen extraneous thoughts to allow me to focus on just one. Plus, when I run into a momentary blank spot and am trying to decide on the next words to get things rolling again, it fills in just enough to keep me from getting bored with my own brain, and wandering off to unrelated thoughts. And I seem to write faster if I can't hear myself type. Which is stupid, but hey, whatever works. (Hmm. Maybe I have more ADD tendencies than I'd previously thought? Or... something. General weirdness, maybe. *g*)

Also, have discovered that yes, I really should just write those random, stupid, pointless, out of context scenes that I feel like writing, instead of forcing myself to flail randomly at the next part of the Main Story. Because yes, sometimes it leads to The Most Stupid Conversation Ever, which is humiliating both for me and the poor characters involved. But other times... it leads to Important Realizations, and a lot more fun than I expected. And that's cool. ^.^

So. I am now - 

12526 / 25000 (50.10%)

Over. Half. Way. Yes!  :D :D :D

Time for a reading break. *curls up with Wayfarer*

Comments

[scarvenartist.livejournal.com]

Snooow! I still can't believe Thanksgiving is just around the corner. Our weather, unfortunately, still hasn't taken the hint. 70s here again today. :P

And cool that you can write to music! I've recently discovered that I can write to dull, ambient piano music that just serves to fill my ears...which I would never listen to for pleasure but which works well enough just to block out other sounds.

It really does sound like this is all proving awesome for you, just in opening up new possibilities--whether they turn into Most Stupid Conversations Ever or not. *g* (By the way, you have me utterly intrigued now about the Trel story and what could possibly have embarrassed him so badly. ^_^)

Anyway--YAY FOR HALFWAY-NESS! And I hope you enjoy Wayfarer. *bounces happily*

[imbecamiel.livejournal.com]

Eeesh. Seventies? :P I'd offer to share a bit of our coolness with you, but... ehm. *hoards* ;D

It's really funny, finding that I'm able to write to that kind of music, because I did think that it'd be really distracting to me, too. But somehow it just seems to trigger the "Time to write!" section of my brain, instead, and seems to be even more helpful on days when I'm feeling utterly unable to get focused. *happy*

It has just been really cool. Even if nothing I'm doing on my book proves usable in the end, just the process of working on it, and the way it's helped me think things through and sparked new ideas, has been so helpful. I'm so glad you talked me into trying it!

Wayfarer. Is. Awesome. *ded* But yeah, more on that later. ;D

[silivren-tinu.livejournal.com]

Hehe, looking at that writing progress meter right now must be such a great feeling! *continues cheering you on* And yay for writing random, stupid, pointless, out of context scenes - writing them is really lots of fun and I love it whenever I happen to learn new, surprising things about my characters while writing such a scene. :D

[imbecamiel.livejournal.com]

It is so encouraging! :D Honestly, I didn't really think I'd manage to get this far - much less be right on track to get done in time! *bounces*

It is so fun to be writing something you think is completely pointless, only to discover that it's actually revealing new aspects that hadn't occurred to you before, isn't it? It makes the story start to feel that much more real - like there are things there to discover, rather than just forcing it and making things up. :D

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

I heard about all that snow you guys got... wow! Congrats on reaching the 50%+ mark!

[imbecamiel.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :D

The snow has been wonderful fun. I was rather sad that it didn't pile up as much as it might have (the super wet kind = immediately compacted), but it's been sticking around nicely, and even today the individual tree branches were still all covered in snow because we've had so little wind. So pretty...

[ella-beth.livejournal.com]

Lol, awesome progress! When I reach the end of my tether and I can't focus at all, instead of yelling at people, (yes I have been guilty of doing that) I lock myself into what Madeline calls The POD. (Which is pretty hilarious, considering it's usually my iPod that I plug myself into.) It has superior dampening properties on outside stimuli. I highly recommend it. ^_^

[imbecamiel.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D

Hehe, iPods are indeed wonderful things... Particularly when my brother, my sister, the bird, and the cat are all in the same room - and all feeling very talkative. *g* Sometimes it really helps to be able to block it all out. ^.^