~ I made some time for writing tonight! So while it wasn't the topic I originally wanted to do, that is a bit of a weight off my shoulders. I think I could do more writing now that I've established it's actually possible to make my brain work for it ( Read more... )

I was getting ready to read a story from an lj community just now, and there was a link to the wikipedia page for "fiction." At the end of the introductory paragraph was this sentence:

The ability to create fiction and other artistic works is considered to be a fundamental aspect of human culture, one of the defining characteristics of humanity.It ( Read more... )

I'm supposed to be doing revisions on my first story by tomorrow at 5 p.m., and I totally don't want to. I'm not a big fan of revisions. My mom and I were talking about this in the car on the way here- even in elementary school, when we had papers that had to go through the entire writing process, my least favorite part is the editing phase. I like ( Read more... )

Finally finished with all of the stuff on my to-do list! (Except the 2 things I italicized and marked as stuff that I wasn't going to get done after all...silly readings.) I wrote my 2nd full-length story for fiction writing last night, and felt OK about it. I think my 1st story had the better first draft, but when all the revisions are done, the ( Read more... )

I'm excited! I've got two packages most likely coming in the next couple weeks. The first is a literary journal that we had to subscribe to for my fiction writing class, so we could get an idea of the publishing world that we're preparing to enter. I'm looking forward to seeing what that's all about. The second is a book of short stories by Annie ( Read more... )

Do you ever have the kind of day where the more you get done, the less fulfilling the day feels? I've been trying to have a productive day for a while now, because there's so much I need to take care of. And I felt like I had done a good job today. I even managed to go to my Crazy Pianos and improv meetings, both of which left me feeling really ( Read more... )

Lesson plans: 7 out of 8 finished. (Well, the seventh isn't written yet, but it's all planned out and actually writing it in takes ten minutes tops ( Read more... )

Yeah, so, as the title suggests, I'm experiencing a bit of "Heroes" mania at the moment. :) Some of you might know that I came into the series in the middle of season 1. I had always known that I'd probably like the show, and it really intrigued me, but I didn't actually get off my butt and start watching it until winter break. It helps that my dad ( Read more... )

Umm...I'm alive. Does that count as an update ( Read more... )

Earlier today, during my bio lecture, I got an idea for a new fanfic I wanted to write. I spent the better part of the class planning it out (which proved a worthy distraction from our lecture on municipal solid waste). Then, during the afternoon...I didn't write it. I just remembered it again right now, and I really want to start it ( Read more... )