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July 15, 2010 | A Whole Latte Trouble,Book Two,Draven Atreides,Draven Atreides, Teenage Informant Series,Revision Hell,The 4-1-1 on Me,Writer Moment,Writing Movements

Still stuck in Chapter One. But I was able to crank out 5 pages. It’s 12 pages long, but probably won’t type up like that. And I’ll still be using already-written stuff.

Today was definitely a good day.

July 14, 2010 | "Whoa whoa I gotta go...back to schoooool...again",3rd Semester,A Whole Latte Trouble,Book Two,Creative Writing II,Draven Atreides,Draven Atreides, Teenage Informant Series,Life in General,Prescott College,Revision Report,School Daze,Summer 2010,The 4-1-1 on Me,Writer Moment,Writing Movements

I’ve started the revision process for Book 2 yesterday for my CWII class. 4 pages yesterday, 3 pages today. I don’t consider that bad. My goal, whenever I’m in Writing Mode, is to write at least a page.

Normally, I would be doing this on my breaks and at lunch. But since I have two other classes, I’m writing during my hr lunch. Not so much at home. Yet.

The 1st 30 pages are due next Thursday. Hoping to have a better day tomorrow.

March 15, 2010 | Reading is FUNdamental,SARK-ism,Sunday Scribblings,The 4-1-1 on Me,Writing Movements,writing workshops

Today’s word of the day is brought to you by Sunday Scribblings: The book that changed everything

Make Your Creative Dreams REAL
A Plan for Procrastinators, Perfectionists, Busy People, Avoiders, and People Who Would Rather Sleep All Day
by SARK
May 2004, Simon and Schuster, ISBN: 0743229215

First of all, I’d like to point out that SARK is one of my favorite authors and literary crush. I am a SARK disciple and pray at the alter of SARK. If she were a cult, I’d join and never look back. I’ve met her several times and have had the pleasure of attending a couple of her workshops. And each time, I’ve come away feeling energized. She has the most amazing presence. Her regular attire of lounge pajamas could be the reason, but I’m sure that’s only part of her charm.

This book changed everything…for my writing. Because SARK (a.k.a. Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy) introduces the Micro Movement Wheel.Click image for bigger view

It’s to help you complete a huge task in increments of 5 sec-5 mins. As you can see in this example, the “dream” is in the middle and each of the 12 sections has a task. Each of these can take 5 sec-5 mins, until eventually, you get further every time and have reached your “dream”.

I applied this activity to my writing, but call it Writing Movements. When I actually have Writing Movements, they get posted here. The results of the Writing Movements, not the actual writing itself. I’m superstitious like that. But I digress…

It works! I’ve finally found something that works for me! Hallelujah, praise the Lord, pass the biscuits!

I use this when:
1) I’m not feeling very productive
2) Trying to crack through writer’s block
3) Procrastinating about writing.

This book was made for me because my other middle name is Procrastination (it’s just not on my birth certificate). I love all this woman’s books, but this one has a special pocket of my heart. The one for writing.

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November 25, 2009 | Life in General,Movie Queue,School Daze,The 4-1-1 on Me,Weekend Wrap-Up,Writing Movements

Friday – Had a mtg with one my mentors for one of my classes next semester and it went quite well. The Sunny House session was canceled due to the PA being sick.

Saturday – Spent the better part of the morning shopping for a dress for the company holiday party. Found it on clearance at Dillard’s. $33! Not bad, eh? I never really like to shop at department stores like that because they’re usually too expensive. I think I got lucky this time.

I also went to see NEW MOON. I may have to see it again because I got irritated with the teenybopper girls talking and hooting every time Taylor Lautner took off his shirt or he appeared shirtless in a scene. Or when Rob Pattinson appeared shirtless. Truly annoying. I don’t think I was ever that obnoxious at that age.

Anyhow, I thought it was okay. Nothing to jump up and shout about. I felt that way about the first one, too. I wasn’t really impressed. It just seems like the actors are trying too hard to act. Or something. With the HARRY POTTER movies, I can honestly say that out of all of them, THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE is my favorite. It was really, really good. With these movies, so far, I can’t say that. Maybe they’ll get better? One can only hope. However, if I absolutely had to choose, I would be Team Jacob for two reasons: 1) He’s buff and 2) He’s warm. Like, “108 degrees over here”. That would be a plus for me because I’m always cold.

Sunday – I didn’t do. One. Damn. Thing. I hung out in my pj’s and robe and battled a headache all day. Needless to say, it was the most aspirin I’ve ever taken in one day. I think my first mistake was taking them when I first woke up…and then watching t.v. in the dark. When I should’ve been sleeping. That headache never had a chance to properly go away and it just lingered. Ugh!

Writing Movement – I dropped out of NaNoWriMo. I wasn’t enjoying it, as you might have noticed from the last week’s update. I would just rather write at my own pace.

School Daze – Working on the final draft of my paper that’s due Monday. I still have to send in the self-eval for Math class and I have to make my Social Justice project for EIS look pretty. I’m going for a PowerPoint presentation on that one and using some of the Mentoration posts from my Non-Profitation blog.

Yeah, so that’s it. How was your weekend? Where will you all be for Turkey Day?

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November 17, 2009 | "Whoa whoa I gotta go...back to schoooool...again",Life in General,Movie Queue,School Daze,The 4-1-1 on Me,Weekend Wrap-Up,Writing Movements

Friday – Week Two at the Professional Artist Series in which I’m volunteering. It’s poetry, but still writing. Week One was a good session, too.

Saturday – We’ve started a two-part activity with the girls at The Gurl House. It’ll be something they can use wherever they go. Mr. Maul and I went to see 2012. Is it just me or is Hollywood been interested in making –end-of-the-world type of movies lately? THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW was a walk in the park compared to this movie. I was actually squeezing Mr. Maul’s hand, wincing, and bobbing and weaving in my chair like this was in 3D. It wasn’t, for the record. And I wasn’t holding his hand because I was scared, we just sometimes hold hands while watching movies. This was a bit of a nail biter and when the world was falling apart—literally—there were a couple of “Holy crap, there is no way they’re gonna make that” scenes. I also found it interesting that–SPOILER AHEAD–out of all the places that got hit, Africa ended up being the “Safety Zone”. Afterwards, we stopped by BN and I picked up “Dani Noir” by Nova Ren Suma. It’s in my YA TBR pile. Yes, I actually have a YA TBR pile. It’s a shocker, I know, so sit down before you fall down.

Sunday – I pretty much hung out with the ISO girls all day. Well, almost all day. We were doing membership photos and to get 13 women to look like something out of the 40’s (hairstyle-wise), well, you shouldn’t be surprised how long that takes. I got there close to 1pm and didn’t leave until close to 9pm. Some got there at 10am (if they needed help with hair), so you can imagine the long day for that person. The actual picture taking didn’t really start until around 3. It was a bit crazy, but fun.

School Daze – Research paper is due this Sunday, although our core faculty person is giving us an extra week because she hasn’t read them herself yet. We’ve only been getting critiques from our peers. And I still need to write up my self eval for my Math class. Which I’m done with, btw. I’m getting ready to decided what I’m taking next semester and I’ll be meeting with a mentor for one of those classes this weekend. I’m looking forward to getting started working on that Study Contract.

Writing Movement – Nothing for three days. Not even while I was at work. I’ll be talking about that in the Weekly NaNo update momentarily.

So, how was your weekend? Anyone looking forward to seeing NEW MOON this weekend? I won’t be there at midnight, of course, but I have plans to see it this weekend.

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