Big party for Wendy

well, as some have seen, if they've been to Wendy's blog, she's reached the 20,000 word goal for Script Frenzy

YAY WENDY!!!! WOOOOOOO!!!!

and now, i'll try and get a couple pages written before i go to bed... i'm kind of in the mood to kill someone off... writing-wise, not actually... well, actually i'm in the mood to kill off two people, and i'm going to, either tonight or tomorrow... then, comes the chapters with emotional realizations... those are always fun

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song: "The Bird and The Worm" by The Used
book: "The Pocket Muse: Ideas & Inspirations for Writing" by Monica Wood

Something I've learned about myself

i realized something today when my friend Wendy was talking to me on how many words she's reached so far for Script Frenzy

i'm not a script writer, i'm a book writer

i thought i could write a script, but i can't cope with the format, and i need to write things out as they happen in my mind one after the other in full sentences and get people to talk using quotes... i see things happening in my mind and I have to write what i see, not take the time to write what the setting is in little headings

o well, at least i tried it, right? and i guess i could always go back and write it as a novel instead

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song: "Sleepless Nights" by Faber Drive
book: "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

To write a script, or not

i've been thinking about this whole script writing deal, and i have no idea if i'm actually going to finish the darn thing... i have a few ideas, maybe something sci-fi ish, like Lost in Space, but it's just a spaceship full of different people travelling through space trying to get to some colony or something... i guess i'm just not sure if i actually want to write the darn thing

well, i'll write it and see how it goes, i don't think i'll care if i finish it or not... as long as i write a bunch of it i'll be happy

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song: "Bomb Hands" by Social Code
book: "Kiss and Dwell" by Kelley St. John

Woooooo! Time for a little self-promotion

since Script Frenzy is coming up, and also since blogs are so popular, i've been put on the Script Frenzy blogroll... isn't it exciting?? i could become famous in the eyes of bloggers, well, maybe a little more well-known

but isn't it exciting?? who knows how many new people will visit my blog during Script Frenzy??

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song: "Boom Boom Ba" by Metisse (for those who watched the show Dead Like Me, you'll know this song)
book: "Dreamcatcher" by Stephen King

Just an update

well, i wasn't really sure what the theme of this post would be, so it's probably going to be all over the place

school's going good, i'm a little behind on one class, which means lots of reading over the next week or so, but it's ok... Monday's a holiday, Victoria Day, but it just means i'll be at home reading for my distance class instead of at school reading for my not distance class

June's on its way, which means Script Frenzy starts soon... i'm not so sure about it... i mean, i'll try it and everything, but i don't think I'm going to get all that far... how can a 20,000 word script be equivalent to a 90 min to 2 hour movie... i'm at 83,000 words for me book and i'm just starting to get close to the end, got a few more chapters left

i think i've gotten hooked on e-books from Ellora's Cave... which is good, i'm getting some ideas, but it's also bad because i've spent a lot of money... at least i've got the ones i wanted to read

my passport finally came last Friday... 12 and a half weeks from the time i mailed it to the passport offices to the day it got here... NOTE to everyone: get your passport now, even if you're not planning a trip... get it now

i guess that's it for now... have a nice day, peoples

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song: "Always All Ways (Apologies, Glances and Messed Up Chances)" by Lostprophets
book: "Finding the Dream" by Nora Roberts

O no! Real life intrudes in 5... 4... 3...

*snicker* is it wrong that i think the title is cute? no, of course not

well, it's only the 6th, but it's probably time to prepare outlines and plot notes for Script Frenzy (see link to the right and down)... now, i'm not really all that focused on writing a screenplay or stage play, i'm much more of a novel writing kind of girl, i just thought it would be interesting to try... i've got a lot of ideas rushing around in my head, and i don't think all of them would fit in a book format

what sucks is that my summer classes start tomorrow...eww, i know, but it's only 2 classes, so it's not like i'll be totally swamped or anything... i just have to block off time to write my essays and make sure i read everything i'm supposed to while marking important passages and taking relevant notes... if i do that, then everything will be fine and i won't fail or anything

i've found a bunch of writing tip related podcasts on iTunes, which i'll listen to on my way to school... if you Google these people, then you'll find the websites... there's I Should Be Writing with Mur Lafferty, The Writing Show with Paula B, and the Creative Writing Podcast from americanwriters.com... these are all handy if you're looking to write a novel for the first time or if you're editing a manuscript... i really like Mur's, she talks about continuing to write after being rejected

have a happy week, people... hopefully it's not raining where you are... it is here, which means the birds haven't been around to swim in the little pond we have below our new fountain... i swear, there were like 10 birds either in the water or on a rock next to the water at lunchtime

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song: "Everybody's Screaming!!!" by Lostprophets
book: "The Last Mermaid" by Shana Abé

I'm ba-aaaaack

finally... God, i was getting so tired with that trip after a while, and so tired with flying... i was SO freaking bored on the plane home

but, now i'm back home, and will probably posting here when i get a chance between school and whatever else gets thrown at me... if anyone has random questions, like about NaNoWriMo or Script Frenzy or my possible podcast, then please ask by leaving comments... i'd like to know that people are still reading this blog

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song: "Second Chance" by Faber Drive
book: "The Last of The Red Hot Vampires" by Katie MacAllister