The BB Word Count: One Milestone Met
Jun. 24th, 2010 11:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
przedAnd look at that. I've broken the 10,000 word barrier.
After a crazy week at work, including a Tuesday where I was in training all day, without even a chance for lunch, the last two days have been more subdued. So I grabbed a bit of time for writing both days, since the actual job stuff is under control, and I might be entering a bit of a lull before the next bunch of big projects come down the pike.
Yesterday, I managed a 700+ word scene, in longhand. I did the computer transcription last night, and I was so exhausted I actually fell asleep whilst typing. Multiple times. (I somehow managed to keep typing while being unconscious, which resulted not in the expected gibberish, but in crazy, alternate universe ends of sentences that had nothing to do with the beginnings of said sentences.)
Today it was another scene, just shy of 1,000 words. If I'd applied myself, I think I could have possibly done another thousand word scene tonight, but I've written almost to the end of where I know for sure what's happening, and I think my subconscious needs a bit of mulling time. (I have to say, the subconscious has been doing some bang up plotting. My conscious mind knows the bare bones structure, but I've just been letting go and writing the individual scenes, and it's been sort of liberating and fun. The me of ten years ago, who never wrote without a massively detailed outline, would be horrified.)
I've upgraded the total word count to 15,000, though I think it's possibly going to run closer to 20,000. Which if I keep working at this pace, should be do-able. I hope.
After a crazy week at work, including a Tuesday where I was in training all day, without even a chance for lunch, the last two days have been more subdued. So I grabbed a bit of time for writing both days, since the actual job stuff is under control, and I might be entering a bit of a lull before the next bunch of big projects come down the pike.
Yesterday, I managed a 700+ word scene, in longhand. I did the computer transcription last night, and I was so exhausted I actually fell asleep whilst typing. Multiple times. (I somehow managed to keep typing while being unconscious, which resulted not in the expected gibberish, but in crazy, alternate universe ends of sentences that had nothing to do with the beginnings of said sentences.)
Today it was another scene, just shy of 1,000 words. If I'd applied myself, I think I could have possibly done another thousand word scene tonight, but I've written almost to the end of where I know for sure what's happening, and I think my subconscious needs a bit of mulling time. (I have to say, the subconscious has been doing some bang up plotting. My conscious mind knows the bare bones structure, but I've just been letting go and writing the individual scenes, and it's been sort of liberating and fun. The me of ten years ago, who never wrote without a massively detailed outline, would be horrified.)
I've upgraded the total word count to 15,000, though I think it's possibly going to run closer to 20,000. Which if I keep working at this pace, should be do-able. I hope.
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Date: 2010-06-25 03:24 am (UTC)I hope you're not too sleepy now else all this hugging, dipping and twirling might be a trifle disorienting.
YAY! *\o/**\o/**\o/**\o/**\o/**\o/**\o/**\o/**\o/**\o/**\o/**\o/**\o/*
Now all you need is a quick summary and you're braced for Monday.
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Date: 2010-06-25 03:34 am (UTC)I shall be dipping and twirling on my way to crash for the evening. *g*
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Date: 2010-06-25 03:58 am (UTC)When you're sleep deprived, your brain will snatch naps of microsleep even if your eyes are open and you're still functioning on automatic; is why driving while fatigued is so dangerous and why it causes more accidents and deaths than drunk driving. You effectively sleepwalk for a few seconds at a time, up to a minute. What you described there is an almost textbook example of how your brain ceases its ability to laterally think when deprived sleep and makes connections that it shouldn't. Thoughts intrude onto other thoughts and such.
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Date: 2010-06-25 10:49 am (UTC)But seriously, this is why I always make sure I've had a good night's sleep when I'm driving any distance, and also why I'm very glad I can now take the subway into work rather that the car. I also keep my emergency Monkees disk in my car, because singing along to the Monkees always keeps me awake. (Sad, but true. *g*)
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Date: 2010-06-25 05:10 am (UTC)::pins medal on P, hugs her::
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Date: 2010-06-25 10:50 am (UTC)::hugs back, and winces from the medal sticking me in the chest:: *g*
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