NovNoWriMo

Hooray for the A, Cliff Face!

Show is finally open and now we wait for reviews/ticket sales to see if it'll extend past our scheduled Dec. 28th closing. It would be nice to get three additional weeks' salary as my next gig isn't until March.

Needless to say, no writing was accomplished this weekend. My hopes of being able to write during the show have been dashed, since I come on about every 20-30 minutes. In addition, since my costume is ENORMOUS and I share a dressing room, I'm very much in everyone's way if I'm sitting at my dressing station. The costume also includes long gloves worn under very tight sleeves, so I can't keyboard, use a smart phone or even turn pages with any dexterity unless I partially disrobe (a pain in the butt). I can, however, use my ancient Kindle, so I downloaded C.S. Lewis' Out of the Silent Planet, found myself an out-of-the-way spot backstage and have been reading to pass the time.

We're dark today and tomorrow, though, so I'm hoping to get back to the WIP soon.

So annoyed. After getting through last week's rehearsals, previews and opening night, I was looking forward to two days off and getting reacquainted with my WIP. Of necessity, yesterday was devoted to grocery-shopping, laundry and housework, with only a little writing squeezed in, but I promised myself today would be devoted to writing. However, late yesterday I found out that I have to give a deposition this afternoon. The process will probably take up to two hours, plus the hour or more it'll take me to drive to the attorney's office, as well as the return trip in rush-hour traffic. This punches a major hole in what was supposed to be "my" day. Tomorrow I'm back at the theatre with an afternoon matinee and an evening performance, so time to write will be nil then as well.



On the up side, reviews of the show have been uniformly good thus far, and I'm halfway through both of the books I'm reading. Enjoying Out of the Silent Planet; Tiny Beautiful Things is wearing a little thin.

Current WIP word count: 94,894 out of 100,000
Books read: .5 out of 2
Blog posts: 1 out of 2
Beta-read friend's novel: 78 pages out of 350

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So...after an hour's drive to the attorney's office, and after waiting for an additional half-hour while the attorneys ran in and out of the conference room, texting and talking on their cell phones, I was rather sheepishly informed that the case was on the verge of settlement and they wouldn't need to take my deposition after all. So another hour's drive home, which means a sixty-mile round trip was all for nothing. There are no words...

I did get a little writing done this morning, and finished Out of The Silent Planet when I got home, so the day wasn't a total waste. I am going to treat myself to another Kindle book - I could get the next book in the Lewis series, but I'm not feeling compelled to continue on although I enjoyed the first book well enough.

Current WIP word count: 95,303 out of 100,000
Books read: 1.5 out of 2
Blog posts: 1 out of 2
Beta-read friend's novel: 78 pages out of 350

Still stuttering along on the WIP; haven't been able to settle back into a "regular" schedule yet. Internet at the theatre is still spotty, which doesn't help. I started Call The Nurse: True Stories of a Country Nurse on a Scottish Isle by Mary J. MacLeod. It has its charms (although someone should have disabled the exclamation point key on the author's computer), and it's easy enough to put down, which makes it good backstage reading. I'm a little more than halfway through it.

I need to get back to my friend's beta, although I have to admit I'm kind of dreading it.

Current WIP word count: 95,671 out of 100,000
Books read: 1.5 out of 2
Blog posts: 1 out of 2
Beta-read friend's novel: 78 pages out of 350

Good day today. Got a good amount of writing done, started work again on the friend's beta, still churning through Call the Nurse.

Current WIP word count: 97,240 out of 100,000
Books read: 1.5 out of 2
Blog posts: 1 out of 2
Beta-read friend's novel: 96 pages out of 350

Gosh, I feel so lonely in here talking to myself. Where'd everyone go?

Finished Call The Nurse. Two-show day so I only got about an hour's worth of writing squeezed in.

Current WIP word count: 97,412 out of 100,000
Books read: 2.5 out of 2 COMPLETED
Blog posts: 1 out of 2
Beta-read friend's novel: 110 pages out of 350

Chompers, I'm with Cliff Face - back off it a bit. And I wouldn't worry so much about it being "original" - there's not much new out there, but an original treatment can work wonders.

For my part, I forced myself through the rest of my friend's m/s today - so many errors (structural, grammatical, punctuational) that reading it was like trying to watch a TV show through static. I finally made myself stop correcting and just read. I need to write a cover email for the marked-up copy before I send it back to him, outlining what I think works and what doesn't. I'm still calling it finished.

Got just a little bit written of my own today, but I'll take it as well.


Current WIP word count: 97,855 out of 100,000
Books read: 2.5 out of 2 COMPLETED
Blog posts: 1 out of 2
Beta-read friend's novel: COMPLETED

I don't think I wrote more than five words on my WIP today, but by gum, I got that blog post written at last. Three out of four goals met, and only 2,145 words from my remaining goal! I MAY ACTUALLY DO THIS!

Current WIP word count: 97,855 out of 100,000
Books read: 2.5 out of 2 COMPLETED
Blog posts: 2 out of 2 COMPLETED
Beta-read friend's novel: COMPLETED