I learned to relax, I learned to give without asking back, and I learned to love the thrill of the chase. Part of my writing, is to experience the thrill of the chase again, since now in my 40's, I'm a middle-aged married lady who given a chase, would rather watch it on TV. Heh.
I'm Sharon Cho, known as Shair to most of my close friends. Approaching my fifth decade in life was something I never thought I'd do, the thought having always been that I'd most likely die before my 30th birthday. My childhood consisted of dreaming, reading and being sick 70% of the time. My teens consisted of me trying to figure out Society and why I didn't fit in. My twenties were spent trying to kill myself with fun, lack of sleep and lack of food. Then, I had the best fun in my 30's.
I learned to relax, I learned to give without asking back, and I learned to love the thrill of the chase. Part of my writing, is to experience the thrill of the chase again, since now in my 40's, I'm a middle-aged married lady who given a chase, would rather watch it on TV. Heh.
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Woohooo! Chapter 8 was 60% integration so it only took two nights of writing to finish! Hopefully I'll have Chapter 9 done this weekend.
Man, distractions galore this week! Every time I stood at the computer, I'd get an itch to move away. So I let myself indulge in season premiers and football games (yay for NFL Replay!) and softball games. But last night at 10 pm, I stood in front of the screen, and words poured out. Five paragraphs later, it's time for bed. It's not done yet, but at least Chapter 8 has a strong start and direction now.
Since Chapter 7 was about 70 integration, I managed to get it done so I could enjoy the Radiers-Jets game without thoughts of Kat, Tristien, Kinjara and Cela appearing between the gridiron. Today, I will look over the old Chapter 8 and find out
*Dances a jig around the office* I got chapter 6 done last night! I've been hating the end of Chapter 6 since the first draft, and always thought, I'll get around to fixing it. Well, I thought fixing it meant working with the idea I had come up with, not tossing the original idea and using another. Tossing it worked! Story's much stronger, the new part adds a lot more to the story and it still kept the same fun elements I wanted from the old bits. So very glad that worked out.
There's a lot of stuff going on in my personal life right now that's proving to be a major distraction. That along with the NFL premiere week has really just thrown my schedule-train off the proverbial tracks. I'm estimating that I will be done with Chapter 6 by Sat. but I'm not making any promises this time. There's too much uncertainty with my personal life, and what's certain is that I have one houseguest arriving tomorrow and two more on Sat. So, Chapter 6 may languish yet another week.
I really shouldn't put it off too much longer. All that looks to be needed is to shift Kinjara's voice to her current voice, but that's actually harder to do than it looks. There are times when Kinjy's voice is very clear to me and I rattle off her words with no problem. However, there are times when I struggle to find it. We shall see how it goes. Chapter 6 is trudging along. At 3600 words, it's trudging. I figured out some neat things about some characters and am bogged down with describing the inside of a farmhouse. NFL kickoff is a big distraction.
I am finding every reason not to write. Usually that come out in something really snazzy like what happened in Chapter 5 but I seriously doubt it. It's 7:08 right now. I wonder if I really focus (like in The Quietude) if I could get Chapter 6 written. Talked with my wife during the first half of last night's game (NFL Kickoff - Green Bay Packers vs New Orleans Saints: Packers won) and gave her the play by play (she's in a place that gets no tv/internet). Then settled down to write but could barely get out many words. Only three new paragraphs done. Should I go to where my wife is tonight and spend the night with her and three dogs and write with little interruptions? Or stay home all by my lonesome to eke words out?
I really really like what I did with Chapter 5. I can't wait for people to read it.
I started Chapter 6 last night. Got an outline done as well as five paragraphs. This one's sort of a filler chapter. It's filler in that there's little action, but everything that happens has a reason for happening. It's where I ease the tension a bit, throw in a bit of silliness but still advance the story while giving the characters a chance to get to know each other. You know, like training camp. (Can you tell I've got NFL fever? Kick off tonight!) Chapter 5 is done! Yes! *dances a jig* Sometimes, getting a plot together is like a bit like playing Tetris... in an inverse way. You start putting pieces down knowing there's holes. So then you add to the plot to fill those holes, and it takes a long time to fill them.
Then there's that magical point, where everything falls together, and it all works. You've cleared the ground of blocks. Then the next chapter starts. Chapter 6, here I come, ready or not! |