Mad Dashes through the Land of the Keyboard

I am a published writer!

2007-06-05T13:22:00.001-07:00

I'm so happy. Like, really happy. Like, really really really I-just-got-published happy.
I was going to my email to send links to my blogs to my parents, and I found an email from New Moon saying they had published a book review I wrote maybe 8 months ago in their blog!
This is my first publication by anyone besides my mother (lol), who used to edit a newsletter.
Anyway, here's a link. WHOOOOOOO!
Ha ha ha.

http://newmoonnews.blogspot.com/2007/06/are-you-harry-potter-fan.html

P.S.
Fame...fortune...bwahahaha.

Broke through my Second Writer's Block of the Month.

2007-06-05T11:49:00.000-07:00

Yes, I had another bout of block, but I rammed it with a sledgehammer a few times and made a sizeable hole. I'm kind of meandering along, but I'm past where I need to be tomarrow, so I'm pretty pleased with myself. Doing a lot better than I did in NaNoWriMo last November.

Now, for your enjoyment, a few quotes from my script (all copyright me, of course!):

"We’re villains, and we love soybeans!"
"It’s page 17. Can we make a big exciting plot revelation now?"
"So I put the cucumbers in the swimming pool, and it was just lovely."

In the beginning....

2007-06-01T08:18:00.000-07:00

There was Script Frenzy. And Screnzy created the script in 30 days. And on the first day, Screnzy said, 'Let there be sluglines!'
And there were sluglines. And they were good.

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That's right. It started. This morning from 12:00 A.M. to 1:30 A.M. I typed madly, boulstering my wordcount up to 1506. It's exciting that I was able to get past where I need to be tomarrow in one midnight stint. But now I've kind of hit a writer's block. And I could be writing now instead of posting in my blog, but I don't know what to write!
The fact that it's actually June now seems incredible, after such long days of waiting. But I thought I had at least enough ideas to stretch it to page 2000. Maybe not?

Ah well. I'll pull through it. *sigh*

I've almost deided...

2007-05-27T10:15:00.001-07:00

...to dive in with no idea. The better to fit in dares.

Nocturnal Writings

2007-05-27T09:58:00.000-07:00

I've noticed that I usually do my best work at night...but I'm very easily freaked out, especially at night, so chances are ghosties and ghoulies and long-leggedy beasties will creep into my script.
OH PLEASE LET ME NOT WRITE A HORROR FILM!
Lol.
I really don't know how I'm going to stay awake. Probably excessive amounts of chocolate and sleeping all day.
Another reason writing at night is good: you've got like 12 hours with none of the obligations that come with day. I can usually get out at least 1000 words in one hour, so with luck I could get maybe 10,000 words in that long a period of time, breaks included.

Shall I ditch the idea?

2007-05-27T09:52:00.000-07:00

I've been thinking maybe I should forget about my idea, because I know nothing about Hitler (yes, Hitler was in it). But I really like the idea. Maybe I should use George Bush instead? But I'm really not that into polotics. Basically I need an idea that involves very little research. Lol.
Or maybe I just should dive in with no idea what I'm writing about, like I did in NaNoWriMo 2006.
But I'm worried it'll be too slow getting off, and will veer and be uncertain aboutwhat it's doing.
I HATE movies like that, and I would never live it down if I wrote one.
I have only 3 days to decide. I would request guidance from my personal writing assistant (PWA...AKA brain), but I don't want to drain it of brilliance before Screnzy actually starts.

So I got a plot idea.

2007-05-26T19:26:00.001-07:00

But I'm not sure if I want to use it. I hope to figure it out by the 30th of June (XD).

Anyway. I don't know how I'm going to stay awake. My mom was like "No caffeinated treats!" and then a few minuteslater she's like, "Maybe we should get some chocolate covered espresso beans...." So yeah. Ha ha.

Script Frenzy 2007: I have no idea.

2007-05-26T12:31:00.000-07:00

I know not even the vaguest thing about what I'm going to be writing about, but everyone else I've come across has a plot. Is there something wrong with me? Am I abnormal?

This is...

2007-05-26T12:30:00.000-07:00

...where I'll be bemoaning crazy writing adventures, such as NaNoWriMo, NaNoEdMo, and Script Frenzy.