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Did You Write? 02-09-09 . This note is a prompt to get myself, and the rest of you to write regularly. The idea is to have something regularly that one can thing, "Oh, dear, I have to write something so I can say I actually wrote." Since this note appears every week, the hope is that one developed a habit of writing every week. four pages a week, plus a few weeks of extra pages, amounts to a novel a year. At least that is something, in theory, one can look to. A page a week can also be quite a few completed short stories. Of course, I have things I consider writing and list them each week as suggestions. What you consider writing may be different, and you might include other things in your list, or might reject several from my list. As long as you consider it writing, go ahead and claim it. Any new writing, of course, is writing. Editing, even if it is someone else's work, is writing. So is Poetry. Article writing, blogging, writing assignments, are all writing. World building can be writing as long as something gets on paper. E-mails can be writing, as long as they pertain to writing and are wordy.
As for me, I cannot claim to have written this week. I had to prepare for, and recover from, an art show I did this weekend. It is a lot of work. I had never done an outside art show, and had to supply all my tables and chairs. I can now say that I know what NOT to do next time I do an outside show. What I should do, next time, is something else.
Because of the art show, I am two story idea behind on my story ideas. that is not something I worry about at this time of the month. A couple good days can catch me up fast. I have 44 story ideas in my compost pile of story ideas to be posted. A couple weeks ago, I had 48 ideas. Not bad. There are some good ones in there that will be exciting to post when the opportunity arrives to post them. There are times when I have to search for an idea to post. A lot of time, my problem with selecting an idea to post, has as much to do with how long I have to write it, as what is available. Some ideas just demand to be written long, and one should not rush those. Of course, I have never selected a "short" idea, and ever have it end up being short.
The local city has a yearly event where they celebrate those citizens who work hard for the city. They had a big dinner on Friday, which I never went to, then they had a parade which ended at the park the art show was located at. This year, they got the idea "why don't we have some artists at the event. I was contacted and I said yes. My advantage is that I have a lot of inexpensive items of variety. While it is all wood, I have figurines, bowls, goblets, wooden silverware, wooden earrings, vases and bowls, just to name a few of what I have. I did make one minor mistake. I had a relief carving of a jumping fish. I sold it for at least half what it was worth. I did not put a price on it and the price that leaped out of my mouth was low. Oh well. I did very well otherwise. My sales of my projects, pay for my tools and supplies. My hobby has not cost me anything in years. I wish I could get more expensive tools and supplies, though. I never will make a living at this. I am not sure I could do it eight hours a day, every day.
As to the question of the week, No, I did not write.
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I never get to say Yes to these. Monday is laundry-cleanhouse-wishIwaswriting day. I did do a crit of a great story, though, and write lots of emails. Does that count? No, I don't guess so. Oh, well. Tomorrow will be better. I love Tuesdays.
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I did and am. Finished Chapter One, starting Chapter Four (it feels odd to jump two chapters, but my partner should be getting what's in the middle). Got another outline-in-progress with another Hatracker, and that's starting to take shape, too.
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A washout. Nothing new, no revision work. Not that my life was terribly calm and settled---work proved to be particularly annoying, even more so than usual---but I had plenty of time to write and just didn't get to anything. I guess I'm blocked again...sometime soon I should try one of my unblocking techniques, if I can motivate myself to do it.
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Well after a long layoff, I am finally back at it, and boy does it feel good. I'm hoping that during the time off I learned enough about myself and what I want to write to finish the few open projects I have.
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Not yesterday but today I finally added a short scene about the doorknob. Should have been in there the whole time. How could I have been so blind?
I'm still mulling over the climax. I got this new book -- THE 3RD ACT -- all about endings. I think I know what's been bothering me about my ending. How to fix it? Well, that's a little harder. Knowing precisely what is wrong...helps.
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yups, did write...started two new "Rhinoplasty" series stories// "Second Lieutenant Takahashi" and " Air Commodore Takahashi" got about halfway into each and continuing to plug along today. Know the plot just filling in the blanks between.
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Yup. I've been heavily revising a story, because I realized the society could not exist in the setting. Since the society is the basis for the story, I'm tearing away the setting and replacing it with one that makes sense. Not easy work.
I'd really like to get back to my WIP, but I want to finish the overhaul of this other one first.
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Tomorrow will be better. I love Tuesdays. 
