Writing stuff *EDIT*

NaNo is going OK. I’m a bit behind on the word count but it’s nothing that a couple of days locked in my room with a big bottle of Dr Pepper won’t fix. Thankfully I type quickly (last guesstimate was just under 1000 words in an hour) so I should manage it.

Then I’ve got the Dr Horrible thing I volunteered to do. That’s easy enough. Plot summary, track list, cast/crew, Commentary! track list, quotes and possibly a trivia bit.

The creative writing class is going well. People seem to like my stuff, which is always a nice surprise. The tutor was slightly evil last night though. We had to write a six sentence paragraph without repeating any words. And that included contractions (so if we used isn’t, we couldn’t go on to say is not. Try it yourself, it’s a lot harder than it seems [and if anyone does so, stick it in an entry. I’ll post mine here tomorrow when I retrieve it from home].). For my homework next week, I have to re-write a short story from the perspective of one of the other characters mentioned in it, which should be good. I also have to take in a piece that I’m submitting to show what I’ve done on the course, which is going to be put together with everyone else’s so we can all see what each other has done. For that, I’m going to tweak (and possibly expand) something I wrote as homework for class. (If anyone wants to read and give me feedback, and can do so by Sunday, let me know.)

Next week we have to get our learning plans done. It has to be done, the council (who run the classes) says they have to be done but the problem is that it can’t be standardised across everyone like they normally would be. Everyone is there for different reasons. I started going a) to give me something to do instead of pissing about online all the time and b) to help me get back writing (which it has done). I’m not going to mention the first one in my learning plan, for obvious reasons, but the second one along with the fact that it helped me with writing descriptions.

Never mind. The week after that is the last one for now (booo!) but our tutor is going to bring in cake (yay!).

And despite TTZ5 not being out yet, I already have an inkling of an idea for TTZ6. It’s not fully fleshed out yet but Water On Mars did amplify it for me a bit. (I can feel toile_de_jouy giving me death glares over t’interwebthingymadoofer).

Incidentally, I can’t wait for the next TTZ to come out. The article I wrote for it is by far the most fun I have ever had writing anything ever.

Just emailed off a bunch of reminders to places where I have submitted stories and haven’t heard back from. One sent me an automated reply saying something about waiting till after Halloween. I will try emailing them again and, if I still get an automated reply, I might just tell them to withdraw my story from consideration. Another place responded by saying that they had to delay their next issue, would like more time to consider my story if I don’t mind but that they would understand if I chose to withdraw it. Still not sure if I should email them back and say they can have longer if they want or if they’ll gather that cos I haven’t withdrawn it.

And I started what was going to be this entry, a TV review one. But I’ll leave that for another time (there’s at least one more programme I want to watch for it).

So, that would be where I’m at with my writing.

Will

*EDIT*

Here, as promised, is my six sentence paragraph:

The silence was overwhelming. Only punctuated by pencils scratching on paper, desks acting as amplifiers. Groans could occasionally be heard while people realised they had made mistakes. It’s not an easy task that teacher had assigned. But attempt to complete said writing is, if unessential, then desirable. Even if just so something simpler can be advanced onto.

Will