A sad schedule today made it a touch day. Got some great momentum and excitement for picture book 2 going this morning, then my alarm goes off telling me I have to stop and eat some lunch then go to work. I really didn’t wanna! …but I did. I figure I made it a little under 1/3 of the way through my intended story.
Work has become this never ending pondering of “I’m not in charge so why am I in charge?” — which also meant that my dinner break only got me through about 200 words because I was interrupted too much. Not according to plan at all. I need big headphones that scream, “go the frell away, I’m writing now.”
So when I got off (half an hour later than I was supposed to) I went to pick up my bro-in-law at his job. Spent the half hour as I waited in the parking lot with my laptop jammed in between me and the steering wheel, feverishly typing, and got to about the 2/3′s point. At which point it’s 10 after 11.
Home now at last. I’ll do some more writing tonight, but it’ll probably fall on the opposite side of midnight. Because I have job aps I need to do first, and if I get too tired, I can’t do them. Word count for the day hovering at 1800ish. Not my best, but not bad. The downer is just that the draft isn’t complete.
On the positive side, tomorrow is my day off! =) I can catch up!
Monday, May 2, 2011
Sunday, May 1, 2011
NaPiBoWriWee 2001: Day 1
Silly name aside, if you don't know what NaPiBoWriWee is, you definitely need to check out the blog of lovely Eureka writer and YA author, Paula Yoo.
But the bare bones basics?
Seven picture books in seven days.
You heard me, seven first draft, rough basic beginning points for picture books generated in seven days. Sound like fun??
I thought so too! I've been doing doodles and cartoons like the one on the right for a while now, and my big bro (brother-in-law-to-be, actually, but bleh, what a mouthful!) had been encouraging me to think about doing a children's book (something new and wildly different for me) when the first of Ms. Yoo's tweets about the event caught my attention.
Who am I to ignore the pokings and prodings of fate? ;)
Day 1 started with a bang, my midnight writing sprint running over when I forgot to stop and the first draft for the first book was finished before I went to bed. About 1100 words, and not all of them terrible. I've planned out (roughly) at least the next three, so we'll see how far I make it this week. I'll be getting back to work here in a little bit, hopefully making inroads into the next first draft. But today? Already a good day!
But the bare bones basics?
Seven picture books in seven days.
You heard me, seven first draft, rough basic beginning points for picture books generated in seven days. Sound like fun??
I thought so too! I've been doing doodles and cartoons like the one on the right for a while now, and my big bro (brother-in-law-to-be, actually, but bleh, what a mouthful!) had been encouraging me to think about doing a children's book (something new and wildly different for me) when the first of Ms. Yoo's tweets about the event caught my attention.
Who am I to ignore the pokings and prodings of fate? ;)
Day 1 started with a bang, my midnight writing sprint running over when I forgot to stop and the first draft for the first book was finished before I went to bed. About 1100 words, and not all of them terrible. I've planned out (roughly) at least the next three, so we'll see how far I make it this week. I'll be getting back to work here in a little bit, hopefully making inroads into the next first draft. But today? Already a good day!
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