Back to the old grind...

[wordwhacker]

Now that my Media Living class and NaNoWriMo are over and my school projects are winding down, it's about time I actually made this blog into my writing journal again, wouldn't you say?

I've taken all of the legitimately for NaNo stuff that I wrote last month (not counting school papers, etc.), as well as the short story I wrote in mid July, and updated my total all-time wordcount:

401591 / 1000000 words. 40% done!

Not bad! I'm up 4% from last time. (Which was back in JUNE. Ouch.) Have I been keeping up my pledge to write 500 words per day? Heck no!

I've got a couple of projects in the works this month though: Vox, my school's literary journal, is accepting submissions until December 15. By a strange twist of fate, the Saint John Theatre Company is accepting short play submissions until the same date. Now, my submission for Vox is fairly easy: I'm going to edit and submit a couple of existing short stories, as well as send in a few of my best travel photos. But the SJTC thing is VERY exciting - last night I brainstormed an idea that I am going to work on over the next week as I wrap up the school stuff. If they like it, it could wind up in the Theatre on the Edge festival next summer, which would rock.

There's lots of time left in the month that needs to be filled up with projects, though, so I am trying to decide what to focus on. I need to get into some regular writing exercises, and crack open Blue Goo again. It's hard to believe that it's been kicking around for over four years now, eh? About time I sat down and did something with it. Maybe I'll focus on the above while I do some reading - I have a couple of lovely SF anthologies given to me by the Script Frenzy peeps in Sydney that I am dying to get into, and I don't think it would hurt to spend some time soaking in my favourite medium (namely, short stories).

[Edit:] Oh yes, and I am embarking upon a massive scriptwriting project in order to hone my skills and exorcize some demons. What is this project, you ask? Why, re-writing and re-scripting the entire Star Wars prequel trilogy, of course!

Having just subjected myself to Episode I again, I have decided that the material is still useful - as background information, to be alluded to at opportune moments (you know how Leia and other people obliquely reference "the senate" in "A New Hope"? That's what I'm talking about.) The re-write is going to be fun, engaging, caper-like and character-driven, because there's no Big Scary Death Star to center the plot around. I've started making some broad notes, and I am making it my mission to re-write at least the first prequel for Script Frenzy next year.

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[banana-ellana.livejournal.com]

*lols at last 2 paragraphs of post* Go dude!