Well, actually, I didn't forget. My hubby needed to use my computer last night and I didn't get anything done on it. I could have used my Netbook, but we're having a power struggle over the keyboard. I'm pretty sure my Netbook is winning.
I'd like to report that I did awesome getting "unplugged." Unfortunately, I couldn't do it!! Obviously, technology has wiggled itself so firmly into my life that I can't ditch it. It's the best procrastination tool known to mankind. I'm not sure it aids in productivity at all, no matter what they say!
Last night, while I was writing, the strangest thing happened to me. I was writing dialogue between a few characters, which I was finding fascinating because my characters have taken over my book and their personalities are really becoming obvious. So, as I was saying, I was writing dialogue and I looked down at the paper and noticed that I was writing it. Okay, that sounds weird, but I was so involved in what was taking shape before me, that I wasn't paying attention to where it was coming from. I knew it was coming from my mind, but not to how it was appearing on the page. Gaw. I'm sounding more like a fruitcake every minute. The entire point was that watching my hand, holding a pen, and writing out these words literally threw me for a loop. I had become that distanced from where the story was coming from and enjoying the story as it appeared. I watched my hand for a moment continue to write and it was fascinating. I ended up having to jerk my mind away from what was writing the words to allow them to continue to flow uninterrupted. Yeah... That really makes me sound crazy.
It was interesting yesterday, when my characters took over, I was excited. I let them go and sat back to see what would happen. You know what happened? They walked themselves right into a corner and stalled. *big sigh* They're not supposed to do that. I ended up putting everything away for awhile and was thinking of how to get them out of their predicament. I kept thinking, "This is what I need to happen next. How do I get them there?" I finally got smart and "skipped" them to that point. lol I slapped in some asterisks to separate the sections and started it back up where I needed it to be. My characters stepped back in and took over again. I'm not sure if this is a good or bad thing. If they get themselves stuck again, I'm going to be perturbed.
I am now far enough behind to be worried to some extent. I know from last year's experience that I do this. I managed to win last year by typing for 3-4 straight days. Whoo! Was that literally painful! I was hoping to avoid that this year by writing every day. Did you know you need to write more than 900 words a day to pull it off? *giggle* Yeah... And getting sick for 3 days didn't help anything either. So, starting today, I'm going to implement a 15/5. What I mean by that is I will write for 15 min., take a break for 5 min, write for 15... You get the idea. I have to write almost 3,000 words a day to pull this off. And you know what? I don't think that will get me to the end of my book! I'm sitting at just over 13,000 words right now. I finally got all of my characters introduced, I think, and now stuff is supposed to start happening. Right. As soon as I can figure out how to make it happen in a semi-believable way. Please ignore the impossibility of his characters coming to life in the first place. lol Well, since they came to life, they've behaved in perfectly normal fashion.
Okay. That does it. I'm off to see if I can stop my main character from pouting and get something done. I can't believe he's sat there this whole time, watching TV, without being the least bit interested in what's going on around him. This dude needs a serious wake-up call. All right. I'm off to get this thing done. Wish me luck!
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