Yeah! I was tired, and thought that I’d throw in the towel after writing just a couple hundred words, but I kept saying to myself “come on, you can at least stay awake to write fifty more words–come on!” and it worked! I met both goals today, and I feel that the story is progressing very nicely again! A couple thousand pages and I’ll get to the really awesome part where Ian tries to go and rescue the captain–in the middle of the lands of the ancients! I have some good ideas for what to have happen in the next chapter! I’m excited!
I’ve also been reading more of that L’Engle quote book, and it’s really good! I plan on dedicating at least a post to it. She really treats writing as an art, and a spiritual one at that. It’s very different from what I’m used to hearing nowadays from all of the writing and publishing podcasts that I listen to (I’ll have to do a post on that as well–sheesh, this blog might require as much or more writing than my actual stories!). I’ve never heard of someone making so many connections between writing and spirituality. It’s very compelling to me, actually. I’m very interested in finishing reading this book.
Also, my friend Steve told me today that he needs to write more often. He is a film major, and he’s written a few screenplays and won a few contests, but he usually gets pretty distracted when he goes to sit down and write. He wants to write every night. That works out really well, actually, because I don’t like writing in my apartment (too much noise), so I like to come over to his place to write! And, er, there are just as many distractions there, but at least I can find a quiet place to sit down (it’s where I am now, actually). So, I will be helping him out and we should be hanging out more often to write together! Good times!
And I’ve got to publish this before my battery dies! So here you go!
