Missed last night – headache meant I went to bed at about 7.30.
Still carrying one tonight, but I did do some writing.
Daily word count: 389
Total word count: 19,648
It was tough going again…and they were a bit shit…again.
Ah well.
I’ll try to be more positive tomorrow, I promise.
Cheers
KT
Another Doodle
Ah yes, more doo-doo-doodling. Relaxing.
Weird tentacle guitar doodle? Whatever
Hmm. This one got weird.
Anyway – just a brief update today.
Daily word count: 351
Total word count: 19,259
Not that easy to get down, and the internet was a huge distraction, but got my 350. That’ll do pig. That’ll do.
Cheers
KT
Well another day down, and another day where it wasn’t too hard to get the words down.
I did waste about 10 minutes on twitter, but that’s actually not too bad for me. Twitter is a real trap for me (A constantly refreshing distraction from things I should be doing? YES PLEASE!).
Daily word count: 367
Total word count: 18,908
Not far off 19,000 words, which is not far off 20k. I might reward myself with that milestone…maybe I need to factor in a system of rewards – something cool at every 10k perhaps? I’ll think about it. Just something to keep things interesting.
Speaking of keeping things interesting, I’ve been doing a few side projects as well as this writing. I’ve started mucking about with learning how to code with Coding for Dummies – something I’ve been meaning to do for a while now. I’ve also started plotting out a small project that has been lingering in the back of my mind for a while now – its a writing project, but not this novel. I wont go into that, because I’m not actually sure if I will keep going or not.
But anyway – these are all things for me to do in little bits and chunks so I can achieve something without getting overwhelmed. Or maybe I’ll fail at all of them and feel bad about three things.
Let’s see!
Cheers
KT
Digital Scrachpad Doodle – by KT
So, back again.
I didn’t write last on the last two nights. I had forgotten that Thursday was Nerd Night, and I had a great time playing a new PS4 game (Drawn to Death – interesting little game with seriously immature humour which happens to be spot on for this 41-going-on-15 individual). I didn’t write last night because I was dosed up on painkillers (hurt my shoulder lifting my daughter up because I’m also 41-going-on-85).
But tonight…
Daily word count: 431
Total word count: 18,541
So not a bad amount, and I pumped it out pretty quick. It didn’t hurt as much getting the words down this time, and was in a far better headspace than I have been for weeks.
I’ve got a few good tips, both on this blog and in real life, but something that has helped me recently both getting back into writing and actually getting things done at work has been doodling. Not drawing, just doodling.
I’ve been watching a few YouTube videos and found this spacey artist (Peter Draws) on whose art is as mesmerising as his weird videos (here is ‘How to Doodle‘). Anyway, I did the above today which is kind of a ‘digital scrachpad’ – in that I coloured a layer in multiple bright colours, then placed a black layer over the top, and then doodled the above using the eraser tool (and the 4 way symmetry tool). It’s kinda silly and really simple, but the repetition of shapes and patterns is as relaxing as hell, and I gotta really recommend it if you need to change gears. The aim isn’t to get a masterpiece, just to make some marks on paper (physical or digital.
After I did this doodle I set it up for my kids, and they played with it too. Fun for the whole family 🙂
Anyway, lets hope I see you tomorrow night with another update! Maybe I’ll write. Maybe I’ll doodle some more. Maybe both.
Cheers
KT
Another quick one – got things to do tonight (finish a book that I’m sooo close to the end!)
Daily word count: 352
Total word count: 17,756
Today’s music soundtrack:
I’ll have more to discuss next post, I guarantee it!
Cheers
KT
And by shit, I mean the 430 words I crapped out tonight. That’s right
Ok, super brief update as I am running high from my amazing achievement of actually sitting down and dropping a load of words.
Daily word count: 430 words
Total word count: 17,404
A lot of what I did tonight was repetitive, recovering ground I’ve already written, but regardless it was some progress!
So what made me get down and get writing? This tweet:
I don’t recall having read any Octavia Butler (yet), but her ‘note to self’ is hella inspirational.
I’m going to log off now and watch some TV, and pat myself on the back.
Soundtrack:
On other topics, I’ve been reading some awesome books recently. I’ll try to write a review of one or two of them in the next few weeks…but not tonight.
Cheers
KT
Sigh.
Sucky words. Headache. Keeping this one short.
Daily word count: 360 (350 + 10 catch up)
Catch-up words remaining: 878
Total word count: 16,974
Soundtrack:
