binge writing | binge writing
Nov.20.2008
It’s been twenty days. I’ve been working every day and night I can. I haven’t gone outside much. Maybe three times? Last night was the first time I drove in two weeks. I took a walk on Monday, and stared at my feet, mostly, even though the scenery here is beautiful. I think I’ve talked to two...
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Nov.18.2008
Oh my. I had some things come up, and took a couple days off from writing. Apparently a couple days ballooned into a week before I noticed! I'm sitting at about 15,000 words, which is only about a fifth of where I should be? How could this have happened? What ever will I do?
Well, the good...
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Nov.11.2008
Well, almost a train wreck. By early last week, I had typed some 27,000 words and thought I was heading for an early completion of the task. But then I made the mistake of reading what I had written.
CRASH!
I knew I should not read and edit before 1 December, but it was too late because I had...
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Oct.27.2008
I was conversing with a friend of mine, who actually is a writer, trying to convince him to join NaNoWriMo. I figured that if I can do it, certainly he could. While I'm still working on getting him on board as my novel-buddy, he did share an interesting article with me.
"How to Write a Novel...
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Oct.21.2008
Well, now I've done it. I've gotten myself into a whole mess of trouble. I've joined National Novel Writing Month! I've dedicated myself to putting metaphorical pen to paper with literal fingers and keyboard, and produce 50,000 words (175 pages) of pure, unadulterated genius. Or at least 50,000...
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Aug.02.2008
This year, my New Year's resolutions included finding a daily spiritual practice.
I'm not religious. I was raised a Jewish-Atheist with little-to-no emphasis on the spiritual side, and the spirituality I've come to on my own feels deeply personal. It doesn't involve churches or ritual or tradition...
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