But at least I wrote SOMETHING.\u00a0 Around 10:30 at night, I went and visited my old roommate Steve who’s a film major.\u00a0 He was trying to finish a screenplay and get it in before midnight, so I decided to come and write with him in the same room.\u00a0 So then, got home, took a shower, had a bowl of cereal, called my parents while in the car on the way…and finally sat myself down writing at about 11:15.\u00a0 And then he sent in the screenplay at 11:45, and we ended up just hanging out and talking about stuff: life, girls, school, work, feelings and emotions, spiritual impressions, marriage, regrets, finances, Israel and the illegal settlements, Yasir Arafat and Black September (ok, I did most of the talking there–but at least I kept it short!\u00a0 And Steve WAS interested, otherwise I wouldn’t have talked about it!), classes in the coming semester, pirating illegal music, the singularity, the possibility of space travel in the Millenium…basically, all kinds of stuff.\u00a0 Man, friends are really awesome!<\/p>\n
So, I’ve been thinking about the goals that I’ve set.\u00a0 Back when Aneeka inspired me to actually give this novel idea a shot, she said that I should set goals.\u00a0 I reviewed that conversation tonight, and was thinking about it.\u00a0 I’ve got a 500 word per night goal…but I don’t always keep it.\u00a0 Usually, I can just tag how many words I miss onto the next day, so if I miss one day, I’ll make it up by doing 1,000 the next.\u00a0 Or 1,500 if I miss two days in a row.\u00a0 But anything longer than that, and I just end up never making the goal at all.<\/p>\n
So, I’ve been thinking that I should approach this writing with two goals: the first is to write 500 words per night, and the second goal is just to sit down each day and at least write something–even if it’s only a sentence or two.\u00a0 That way, I’m still doing what I’ve been doing, but if I can sit down for even ten minutes, I can at least feel like I’ve accomplished something.\u00a0 Also, if I can really get into the habit of writing daily, then that alone will probably do a lot to help me move from a hobby writer to a semi-professional one (about as semi as you can get…).\u00a0 We’ll see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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