We had an interesting lecture today in English 318–Brandon explained the format of the final to us, and part of the final is that we actually submit something we’ve been writing to a professional publisher! So, now not only will I finish this novel by the end of the semester, but I’ll be sending it out as well! And, you know what? It’s amazing how pumped up and terrified that makes me feel…
Tag: On Writing
Writing can be…surprisingly touching
I spent about four hours writing in my novel today, and as I was writing, something completely unplanned and unexpected happened, and at the end of it these two characters were kissing, and it just felt…really good. It really touched me and made them feel like real characters. I sound kind of sappy blogging about this here (and really, the writing itself is probably pretty sappy as well–it’s a rough draft, after all), but it just felt so right…
I <3 Miyazaki
I saw Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind over the weekend with my sisters, and it has been stuck with me all day! Hayao Miyazaki is an incredible film director. I’ve been extremely impressed with all of his movies, and I have a goal to collect all of the ones that he’s made. During all my classes today, I’ve had the theme song in my head (so powerful and beautiful!) and when I got home, I watched short clips from the movie over and over.
Why do I love his movies so much? Besides the beautiful music and the incredible quality of the animation, I’d have to say the fantastic worldbuilding in his films and the way he uses character to make the stories so meaningful…
I was going to go to bed…
…but then I figured the day wouldn’t be complete without blogging…
Don’t put it off
Some updates on the writing process, and a little rant on the difficulties therein…
time = life, therefore long winded academic articles = evil
I’ve come to a conclusion that might just prove myself a hypocrite, but I’m going to say it anyways…
Something encouraging I read
I was surfing around on the internet the other day, looking on writing blogs, and I found something that was surprisingly encouraging. It was a comment by Muneraven on one of the pages of a really interesting blog called DeepGenre, and here is what it said:
Advice from Brandon
So, I finally got around to blogging about last week’s English 318 class with Brandon Sanderson! Here’s what we talked about…
English 318 has begun!
Yesterday was the first day of English 318 with Brandon Sanderson! I’m really excited for it! I can tell already that this is going to be a very interesting class–especially because it’s taught by someone who actually writes good fantasy, not just someone who can criticize it. Brandon is a real cool guy and I feel that there’s a lot that I can learn from him writing and publishing wise. Even just the first day has given me a lot to think about…
1,659 words and some other cool stuff
I suppose I should be happy that I wrote so much, but I don’t feel like I’m making as much progress as that four digit number implies. I still feel like I’m stuck on this one scene, and even though a lot has happened, I don’t feel that it’s concluded in such a way that I can move on to the next one. And the next couple of scenes are going to be really cool, so I want to get to them at least before I go back to Utah. But oh well. The more I write, the longer this story seems to become.
Don’t worry, there’s more to this post than just rambling thoughts…