Independent study is going to work out, but it's quite a responsibility, especially now that I have to design my own syllabus, which means get familiar with the materials I haven't even studied yet so I know they're useful to me. I got a job. I make pizzas in the evening and have pleasant conversations with my coworkers - you can't get much better.
I don't know when I'm going to be able to conclude HT, but I already know what kind of plans I'll have when it's finished. I'm going to back off and wait for constructive criticism, and then as this year wraps up I'll be rereading the whole thing and providing my own criticisms. I'll probably use the Facebook page to point out the most important observations and DESPERATELY HOPE a few people care to provide an opinion on them.
Then there's NaNoWriMo, which I can never decide is exciting or awful, since I always try and always fail epically. Is anyone out there doing it? I can't see how I'd manage even the halfway mark without a support system. If I do it, don't judge me, but I think I'm going to challenge myself to write a new Adventures in Wonderland fic. I have some old ideas like Handful of Hare, and Us Against the World? -- who knows when/if that gets played out. Jenna and I started a very funny plot bunny about Rabbit solely witnessing the Queen have a slapdash affair with Walrus which I tentatively titled The Queen and the Contractor. lol If it's like my other fics, it'll be ~50 pages long and span 4 or 5 parts. I can imagine it would be a challenge to do a part a week, so it seems like a practical NaNo project for someone like me.
But that's still a month away. You know what I'd like to tackle? Crystal Palace 4. I pretended this would be done in summer and then got lost with it. 25 more pages of script and this thing would be a first draft! I gotta get on it.
No saying anyone will be reading my stuff once HT -- my shining, golden star -- is no longer an updated work (even though I think the revisions will be huge when it comes to the first 15 chapters.)
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I don't have it in me to beg for support, either.
I'm used to writing lonely. ;)
-J
I don't know when I'm going to be able to conclude HT, but I already know what kind of plans I'll have when it's finished. I'm going to back off and wait for constructive criticism, and then as this year wraps up I'll be rereading the whole thing and providing my own criticisms. I'll probably use the Facebook page to point out the most important observations and DESPERATELY HOPE a few people care to provide an opinion on them.
Then there's NaNoWriMo, which I can never decide is exciting or awful, since I always try and always fail epically. Is anyone out there doing it? I can't see how I'd manage even the halfway mark without a support system. If I do it, don't judge me, but I think I'm going to challenge myself to write a new Adventures in Wonderland fic. I have some old ideas like Handful of Hare, and Us Against the World? -- who knows when/if that gets played out. Jenna and I started a very funny plot bunny about Rabbit solely witnessing the Queen have a slapdash affair with Walrus which I tentatively titled The Queen and the Contractor. lol If it's like my other fics, it'll be ~50 pages long and span 4 or 5 parts. I can imagine it would be a challenge to do a part a week, so it seems like a practical NaNo project for someone like me.
But that's still a month away. You know what I'd like to tackle? Crystal Palace 4. I pretended this would be done in summer and then got lost with it. 25 more pages of script and this thing would be a first draft! I gotta get on it.
No saying anyone will be reading my stuff once HT -- my shining, golden star -- is no longer an updated work (even though I think the revisions will be huge when it comes to the first 15 chapters.)
...
I don't have it in me to beg for support, either.
I'm used to writing lonely. ;)
-J
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