I didn't get nearly enough (any) writing done today. This is some combination of post-Clarion-ness and I-need-a-job-now-ness. However, my manager called to tell me that the official paperwork had been done. I might be able to go back in as soon as Thursday. Paycheck in September, wooooo.
This should fix one of my writing problems!
I've discovered through trial and error that I write less when I am unemployed than I do when I'm working a 30+ hour week with school* thrown in for the hell of it. I suspect that the reason for this is simple. When I have all day to do things in, well, I can just wait until later, right? However, I do actually have to get up at 6am if I'm scheduled in at 7am. That would be great, because right now I have a tendency to sleep in until 9, play Diablo and/or Final Fantasy 12 until 11 or noon, and, well, you get the whole sad picture.
I'm going to actually BEAT Diablo this time before I get permanently distracted! ARGH!
Financial security of some sort promotes creativity... who'd have guessed?
Another issue I've been having lately is that I have no idea what my writing process is anymore. It started to change while I was at Clarion, and really... hasn't settled at all. Then I wonder if I ever really had one. Right now my process seems to be "writes each story in a different way than the last." Way to keep things interesting, Kef.
Tomorrow there needs to be less fussing and more writing. I really need to finish editing one of my Clarion stories so that it can start the slushpile tango. I only have one story out right now because I was way too busy at Clarion to edit and submit. I have seven stories that I can probably sell if I edit and submit them. So, maybe I should go and do that.
I'm also going to the comics hell. I started reading Watchmen. I put it down after the fourth chapter and haven't picked it up again. I know I should, but I don't particularly want to. I like Dr. Manhattan, but... yeah. I think that Watchmen is technically amazing, but very slow and not really holding my interest at this point. I also still maintain that this is not Alan Moore's fault... I've just seen so much stuff using his themes that they don't interest me anymore. Yes, yes, vigilantes are bad. Okay, I get it.
First, sleep. Then... tomorrow. I mean, today. Yes.
*HA! BUT I AM DONE WITH SCHOOL. I AM FREE! FREE! FREE!!!
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sleepy - Music:I was actually too lazy to get up and find my headphones, so... none.
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It took me a bit to keep going at the start. But once I got halfway through, I couldn't put it down. It's really one of those hard to pick up, hard to put down once you're involved, books
And ditto on it not being "vigilantes are bad".
I know I'm still missing a lot in Watchmen. Several things I did notice, like the fearful symmetry episode actually being, y'know, symmetrical that make it worth it anyway :)
Not that I'm trying to jinx you or anything, but I figured if you knew it was normal, it would help.
I just refuse to accept 6 months! That's like a million years.
That being said, I do need to use some of my "I'm not writing" time on Moralicide, or I'm going to miss my Sept. 5 return date, and that bodes badly for.... everything.
If only I didn't need to rewrite the script before then. Aaaah. @__@
Edited at 2008-08-20 05:11 pm (UTC)
Course, I didn't get much written at Clarion. *shrugs*
I do that, and it actually works for me.
And if you think all he's saying is "vigilantes are bad", you really don't get it yet. Heck, I've read the book something like 12 times, and I'm still not sure if I know what he's trying to say, because I keep noticing new stuff every time I read it that fundamentally changes the story.