Write in 2014 discussion

2010:

Goal#1: I'm not deleting my Goodreads account again this year.
Goal#2: I'm not going to be a retard, and not write. I will write.

Writing Goal#1: 200 words, daily
Writing Goal#2: At least 1,400 words weekly

Editing Goal#1: 1 page daily
Editing Goal#2: 7 pages weekly

Re-writing Goal: 1 page monthly

Contest Goal: At least find some contests to enter, and then write. :D

Happy 2010 guys! (my horoscope for the next year apparently says I'm going to fall in love around autumn. ha ha)

*edit* I'm going to write everyday except sundays. But if I do write then, it counts!

Arn't your goal #1 and goal #2 the same?

Very detailed list there. Good luck!

I should set myself a goal #1 about any group online. I have a tendency to Cyber Suicide.... Should we keep each other from it?

Annie wrote: "Goal#1: I'm not deleting my Goodreads account again this year.
Goal#2: I'm not going to be a retard, and not write. I will write.

Writing Goal#1: 200 words, daily
Writing Goal#2: At least 1,40..."

Hi Annie :] Good goals! good luck ;D

yeah I'm going to turn off facebook. Facebook murderers novels.

true that. only i can't really live without it either … *sigh*

IKR? And I figured out how to get the internet working on this dinosaur of a laptop, which just makes it worse. Last year I could write and write because there wasnt a connection.

lol. yeah, my old laptop didn't have internet so i focused a lot more. XD ever since i've gotten this laptop i get distracted all the time. of course, since i have internet on this computer i can also use Write or Die, so it kind of balances out XD

What's Write or Die?

This spectacular amazing website … You set yourself a time limit and a word goal, and then you write in a box thing and it turns red and starts making noises at you if you space out and stop writing. Very useful indeed.

Try it out: http://writeordie.drwicked.com/

Oh yeah, my friend told me about that. It sounds... really annoying.

It is annoying, which is why it works so fabulously. I wrote 3000 words in 1 1/2 hours this morning. :)

omg. I envy you. But since just yesterday I finished the rough draft of Shadows (!!!) I mainly need to edit, and give a couple of my characters more personality.

AWESOME! *high fives* :D editing … fun fun fun! ;D haha

I've been "editing" it since I finished it in JUNE. I just did, like, nothing over the summer.

lol. yeah, neither did i. i only edited over the summer … >_<

Marisol wrote: "Arn't your goal #1 and goal #2 the same? "

not exactly.

Paul wrote: "Very detailed list there. Good luck!"

Thank you!

Malin wrote: "I should set myself a goal #1 about any group online. I have a tendency to Cyber Suicide.... Should we keep each other from it?"

YES! :D

Marisol wrote: "yeah I'm going to turn off facebook. Facebook murderers novels. "

Not for me! I'm keeping facebook.

I finally finished my nano novel Christmas Eve! Hallelujah. But then I decided I wanted to do a rewrite of Fyre . . . what am I getting myself into?

Annie wrote: "Malin wrote: "I should set myself a goal #1 about any group online. I have a tendency to Cyber Suicide.... Should we keep each other from it?"

YES! :D"

I wonder if there's some sort of group for it - like Anonymous Cyber Suiciders. And a twelve step program. 1. Always sleep before erasing your membership.

true to that! Yes, it would be cool if there was a group for it. :D

Annie wrote: "Goal#1: I'm not deleting my Goodreads account again this year.
Goal#2: I'm not going to be a retard, and not write. I will write.

Writing Goal#1: 200 words, daily
Writing Goal#2: At least 1,40..."

Hey Annie 8D That's a mighty fine goal you've got there. I don't even bother myself with editing, >-> being the lazy bum I am.

Good luck :)

yeah, I've been editing one book for a total of 2 years now. It's bugging the crap out of me . . . good luck to you too!

Thanks :3

And I actually did write a novel/novella one time, and I was planning to edit it, but once it came down to actually doing it...well, I gave up.

Not much motivation, really, and teh story itself isn't very well written so editing it would really mean writing it all over again, except for a few bits.

yeah. ha ha. Yesterday I decided to re-write about half the book. I think this book might as well kill me someday.

Ouch; that doesn't sound fun.

Nope, it's not. But hopefully it'll end up better than it was. *crosses fingers*

I just don't look at facebook when I write. I had a facebook embargo all of November.

Annie wrote: "I finally finished my nano novel Christmas Eve! Hallelujah. But then I decided I wanted to do a rewrite of Fyre . . . what am I getting myself into?"

awesome! congrats :D ooh, good luck with your rewriting ;)

Marisol wrote: "I just don't look at facebook when I write. I had a facebook embargo all of November. "

I admire you. haha O_O

I slipped up a couple times.

lol XD

♥ Brigid ♥ wrote: "This spectacular amazing website … You set yourself a time limit and a word goal, and then you write in a box thing and it turns red and starts making noises at you if you space out and stop writin..."

The amazing thing about Write or Die is that it forces you to write. And write, without getting distracted!

Marisol wrote: "yeah I'm going to turn off facebook. Facebook murderers novels. "


*sigh* Yeah, everytime I start writing I look up and find myself on Facebook. :(

close the internet.

♥ Tink ♥ (Paige) wrote: "♥ Brigid ♥ wrote: "This spectacular amazing website … You set yourself a time limit and a word goal, and then you write in a box thing and it turns red and starts making noises at you if you space ..."

yup yup. i love Write or Die. it saves my life XD

Marisol wrote: "close the internet. "

that's a good idea … maybe i should try it O_o

ha ha, I doubt I would survive.

Hey can anyone help me with something?
I have to do an assignment for English about Romeo and Juliet. So Romeo's talking, and he's about to commit suicide and all, and he says this: How oft when men are at the point of death Have they been merry! which their keepers call A lightning before death: O, how may I call this a lightning?. What does the bold part mean? It's driving me insane.

♥ Brigid ♥ wrote: "Marisol wrote: "close the internet. "

that's a good idea … maybe i should try it O_o"

How does one do that?

♥ Brigid ♥ wrote: " ♥ Tink ♥ (Paige) wrote: "♥ Brigid ♥ wrote: "This spectacular amazing website … You set yourself a time limit and a word goal, and then you write in a box thing and it turns red and starts making ..."

I love it!!!! :)

Annie wrote: "ha ha, I doubt I would survive.

Hey can anyone help me with something?
I have to do an assignment for English about Romeo and Juliet. So Romeo's talking, and he's about to commit suicide and a..."

I think he's saying that there had to be something shocking, horrible, right before to force them into suicide. In his case, Juliet's supposed death. But then he feels as though you can't compare Juliet's death to a lightning strike.

That' s my interpretation.

Annie wrote: "ha ha, I doubt I would survive.

Hey can anyone help me with something?
I have to do an assignment for English about Romeo and Juliet. So Romeo's talking, and he's about to commit suicide and a..."

Oh … I should know this. I had to read/interpret Romeo and Juliet in ninth grade.

Well, I'm not sure. But from the context, it sounds like he's saying: He's heard people say that you're supposed to feel happy for a moment right before you die. And he knows that he's about to die, but he doesn't feel happy. The lightning represents that flash of happiness, and he says "how may I call this a lightning?" because he doesn't feel that flash of joy that he's supposed to feel.

… Does that make sense? O_o

Brigid is the master of shakespear interpretation. At least MacBeth...

Marisol wrote: "Brigid is the master of shakespear interpretation. At least MacBeth..."

lol! yeah … i don't think Walking Shadow is the interpretation that Shakespeare had in mind when he wrote MacBeth. lol XD I can just imagine handing it in to my English teacher last year, like, "Hey, here's my final project for MacBeth!" lol

♥ Brigid ♥ wrote: "Annie wrote: "ha ha, I doubt I would survive.

Hey can anyone help me with something?
I have to do an assignment for English about Romeo and Juliet. So Romeo's talking, and he's about to commit su..."


THANK YOU! That's exactly it!

Paige wrote: "Good luck Annie! I really like your goals list, very detailed! :)"

Thanks Paige! I had to be a bit detailed in order to keep myself going . . . I have so much editing craziness to do, it's going to drive me insane.

yeah :D

Good luck in all your writing pursuits :D