NaNo Day 11: 26,316
Back on track. That’s 5,286 words today. Lots and lots of garbage words, but I’ve made excellent progress in some of the research I was doing — alas, not the Zen stuff. If I can manage a similar day tomorrow, I’ll be in hog heaven. Next week at work promises to be trying, so I anticipate several late nights, making it likely to be difficult to meet my target counts. Every little bit I can get done this weekend is important.
My Mind Manager map is growing by leaps and bounds, and I’m enjoying using it to capture the outline on the fly. I suspect it will be especially valuable next month when I’m analyzing the print-out of this month’s efforts with colored pens. I’m betting I can match the pen inks with text color for a seamless color-coding.
5,286 words in one day? Wow, my backside would get sore.
Oh, I moved around lots. That’s why it took me from 0900 to 11pm to get them all done. 🙂 My goal is to be able to write at this rate more economically. Someday…
Responding to one of your Pocket Full of Words comments because I want to make sure you read this (it’s a compliment): You have quite a cutting wit. “Off to drool” — certainly I deserved that.
And more, Cavillor. Holly and I have been friends in RealLife longer than you appear to have been alive. I’ll cut you some slack because of your youth and inexperience. Because she and I are friends, I won’t disagree publicly with her — that might present an appearance of drooling and sucking up.
You have delivered her an undeserved low blow, perhaps to garner blog traffic, or because you thought she might not find out, or maybe you were attempting to be snarky. Your initial post, if it wasn’t meant to be condescending, didn’t come off that way. Keep working on clarity in your writing. I’m not sure how she found you, but WordPress lists incoming links — that might be one way.
As for me, I don’t strive to entertain with this blog. I’m pleasantly surprised when people find something they appear to value and return for more. I enjoy hearing their thoughts and conversing with them. It’s a big internet. If someone doesn’t like something, it’s easier to go somewhere else.
If you’re stepping out because you want attention, I’ll delete all references to you here. I have no patience for that kind of immaturity no matter what someone’s chronological age might be. If you are a writer who wants to learn and participate in the community, you’re welcome (I hope your NaNo is going well).
The people you highlighted as “numbing the mind” are all people I respect and value even though Holly’s the only one I know in person. They work hard at writing and/or their respective careers. They blog to share something that may be of value to someone else and because they enjoy the community. If you don’t find that, go somewhere else, but don’t expect them to sympathize with you.
I don’t know who reads your blog, but a lot of people read Holly’s. Most of those people hold a great deal of respect for Holly, who unselfishly shares her process so others may learn. I suspect they, like me, were curious about who felt a compelling need to diss her. I found a grumpy high school student who seems angry at a lot of things (not uncommon for someone in high school). Your entry demonstrated no respect for her — or the other people you linked. It’s only my opinion, but you owe those other three people an apology.
Bravo, Jean. Nicely said. As you know, I read your blog daily as well as Holly’s. (I rarely comment on Holly’s, but I do read it.) Although we haven’t met in RealLife, I like the person I read about here. I like hearing about your writing and your life. It’s interesting, and I hope you know that it is.
By the way, I am SO jealous of your NaNoWriMo total. I’m having to play catch-up and it ain’t fun.
Nice of Cavillor to compliment you after it creamed your blog for being boring. Pay no mind to the monkey in the cage.
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No need to call names. I run a nice, quiet blog here. But I concur with the essence of your comment. I only offered the suggestion, after much consideration, on the off-chance the young man wanted to participate in the adult community in a way that might garner respect and consideration instead of just attention at whatever cost.
I shudder to think of the less than mature impressions I might have made had blogs been available when I was much younger. And, if you’re honest with yourselves, many of you will too. 🙂
My senior year of high school was NOT my favorite or most confident year. Neither were many other years of high school. I’m reminded of many immature things when I read my private journals from then, and I can only shake my head in amazement that anybody could put up with such a whiney, sniveling little brat. (And I was considered reasonably mature.)
Hey, Tech, keep going. You can do it.
Please delete the name. I was tired, ann regretted it this morning.