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aamcnamara) wrote2010-07-01 10:16 pm
aamcnamara) wrote2010-07-01 10:16 pm
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not washing out the teapot
If I were someone else, I might stay up a few more hours until I could reach four pages. Because I would like to finish this draft in July, and it'll take about four pages per day for me to get there.
But, you know what, I will write more than four pages some days, it's not the end of the world if I miss that self-imposed deadline by a couple of days, and tonight I just want to go to bed.
Today I went to visit the Minnesota Institute for Talented Youth's Creative Writing class in the Expand Your Mind program. These are a lot of words. When I was in the class, though, we just called it Craiggy Wriggy. (Along with several other things--but that's what stuck for me.) I was in the class--what, four years in a row, I think. In 2008, I went off and did Odyssey instead, and in 2009 I made the (tough!) decision not to go back.
At any rate, it definitely contributed a lot to who I am today, as a writer and a person--I found a lot of friends there, learned a lot, and really, it's fantastic to spend two weeks just writing. I mean, you can do that kind of in the summer anyway, but to have that time marked off and delineated was quite nice.
So it was awesome to go back, and say hi to the teachers, and listen to the reading of these people who are maybe just starting out on the writing-journey. (Not that I am that much further along, but still.) Most of them I'd probably like to get to know, still, too. I don't know how, but they get a good bunch of students every year.
When I got back home, I found another rejection note for "As Large as Alone" waiting in my inbox. Of course, I opened the file up, said, "This is horrible! Why did I think anyone would ever want this?" and spent about half an hour kicking myself and half an hour getting down to business and rewriting the beginning. Fortunately, I think I managed to fix something that was wrong with it before (and had known was wrong with it since I submitted it the first time) and not break anything else. Fingers crossed and all, naturally. So that'll be out again soon, I hope.
Anyway, page count:
But, you know what, I will write more than four pages some days, it's not the end of the world if I miss that self-imposed deadline by a couple of days, and tonight I just want to go to bed.
Today I went to visit the Minnesota Institute for Talented Youth's Creative Writing class in the Expand Your Mind program. These are a lot of words. When I was in the class, though, we just called it Craiggy Wriggy. (Along with several other things--but that's what stuck for me.) I was in the class--what, four years in a row, I think. In 2008, I went off and did Odyssey instead, and in 2009 I made the (tough!) decision not to go back.
At any rate, it definitely contributed a lot to who I am today, as a writer and a person--I found a lot of friends there, learned a lot, and really, it's fantastic to spend two weeks just writing. I mean, you can do that kind of in the summer anyway, but to have that time marked off and delineated was quite nice.
So it was awesome to go back, and say hi to the teachers, and listen to the reading of these people who are maybe just starting out on the writing-journey. (Not that I am that much further along, but still.) Most of them I'd probably like to get to know, still, too. I don't know how, but they get a good bunch of students every year.
When I got back home, I found another rejection note for "As Large as Alone" waiting in my inbox. Of course, I opened the file up, said, "This is horrible! Why did I think anyone would ever want this?" and spent about half an hour kicking myself and half an hour getting down to business and rewriting the beginning. Fortunately, I think I managed to fix something that was wrong with it before (and had known was wrong with it since I submitted it the first time) and not break anything else. Fingers crossed and all, naturally. So that'll be out again soon, I hope.
Anyway, page count:
237 / 350
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(This year, they are the C-Dubbs.)
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(oh dear. I'm not sure how I feel about that. Still prefer Craiggy Wriggy. Come to think of it, this icon is also from the original Craiggy Wriggy year.)