ZOMBIE NOVEL
Short Story: HAVEN
Short Story: VAMPIRE
ALL MANNER OF BAD
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Momentary Breaks
Writing or drawing is work and like all forms of work, it can get so god damn boring at times. One idea, one story, one bit of art that drags on forever. It is at those times when your mind begins to wander and procrastination sets in.
When I hit a snag or when sometime takes far longer than I thought it would, then that’s when a combination of frustration and boredom sets in. That leads to constant wandering around the house or playing games online.
To counter that, I’ve been trying to juggle a few different projects I want to do, which are different from the main project I’m focusing a lot of my energy onto. I can focus intently on a project for a few days, but after that, all my will power is used up and I’ve gotten sick of looking at this story. Therefore I’ve been trying to distract myself from the main story with writing a few short stories, in a different tone, in a different format, but it’s a productive distraction.
Currently the Novel is surging forward, but it falters and staggers at times. Which isn’t a bad thing, as long as it eventually gets done. Finishing the project is the goal and sometimes finishing something requires skipping off the main path and taking a scenic route for a spell.
While working on the side projects, my brain is still digesting a lot of information I’ve shoved at it. It’s making the connections of thought and hopefully by the next day I’ll have a clearer image of what I want the next chapter in the Novel to be.
Alright, back to writing.
Gotta keep writing. Ditched the drawing tonight. Feel out of sorts, but gotta keep writing.
Enjoy the tunes.
ZOMBIE NOVEL
Short Story: HAVEN
Short Story: VAMPIRE
ALL MANNER OF BAD
ZOMBIE ROOSEVELT
ZOMBIE NOVEL
Short Story: HAVEN
Short Story: VAMPIRE
ALL MANNER OF BAD
ZOMBIE ROOSEVELT
I’ve been trying very hard to write lately. Writing is something that I’ve always wanted to do and I’ve craved to do, but it’s one of those things that for some magical reason I’ve decided that I can only do if I ‘feel’ good about it.
I’m not sure when that thought process creeped into my head, but over the last eyar or so, there have been attempts at novels, short stories, and all kinds fo writing things, but they all fell through because I wasn’t ‘feeling’ them. Which I think is kinda bullshit.
Sure, inspiration is a good thing, but like all good things it’s something that doesn’t come around all that often. Most of the time I’m slugging away at it alone and not feeling it at all. My head’s never in the right frame of mind, there’s no all consuming urge to put words down, a lot of the time, I’m just tired from work and when I plop myself down in front of the computer, I find every reason not to write.
Writing is what I want to do. Writing has to be what I’m doing.
So, this week is being dedicated to writing.
It doesn’t matter what it is, it doesn’t matter if its utter crap, and it doesn’t matter if I’m not in the mood to write. As long as the words get down, the gist is in the pile of verbage, then it’s all golden.
So, writing I’m done and I’m plagued with the thought that a trip to the kitchen to see what’s in the fridge is a good idea…
ZOMBIE NOVEL
Short Story: HAVEN
Short Story: VAMPIRE
ALL MANNER OF BAD
ZOMBIE ROOSEVELT
12/11/2011 Shit To Do List
- AMOB 61 update
- Art Exchange drawing
- 1500 words of Project Novel
- work on Project Whiskey script
- 500 at least for the Short Stories I’ve planned
Writing
ZOMBIE NOVEL
Short Story: HAVEN
Short Story: VAMPIRE
Drawing
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Tags: Writing
Let’s shamble forward shall we?
Y’know there’s this thing in weight loss that’s suppose help in… well losing weight and that thing is not exercising. It’s record keeping. Yes, recording keeping has been proven to help us hefty folk lose weight. “Why?” you might ask and the answer is a simple one.
Those sick and terrifying numbers are staring us right in the face. They’re there, mocking at how they’re not changing, no wait, they’re there mocking us as they slowly increase. When we look back over the course of weeks, we see those numbers inching up and that’s where we draw the line.
No more.
No, siree.
The same thing applies to writing.
We gotta keep records on what the hell we’re doing or else we’ll fall prey to that sneaky weight gain. If we see what’s before us on a daily basis, if we know what we did yesterday, then we feel that little bit of shame and disgust at not achieving some of the goals we had set. That, in a normal human being, should motivate.
Alrighty, this leads me to stating that I’ve decided to start keeping track of things again. I did it once and it was okay. Then I stopped and things took a turn for the wonky. This boy needs structure in his life and the only way he’s going to get it, is by doing it himself.
So, boys and girls, sit back and get ready to be pummeled with numbers, stats, word count bars, and some bastardization of other things. I’ve got a lot of things I’ve been holding off on because I’ve been lazy and as the year plummets to a close, I got to scratch some things off my list.
I’m breaking this down into to sections. Writing and Drawing. I do both, therefore I need to treat them as if they’re the same thing, therefore record keeping is needed on both.
It all begins today, so let’s rock and roll.
Writing
NOVEL
Short Story: HAVEN
Short Story: VAMPIRE
Drawing – I couldn’t find a toolbar thingie that would show ‘pages’ instead of ‘words’ but you get the gist.
ALL MANNER OF BAD
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