Oh my goooood, is September over yet? Even though my boss made the smart decision to hire two more teachers (because it's just been me for a little over a year), I feel like I've had way more work to do. Most of that work has spilled over into my time at home, so I haven't had much of a chance to write. This would be a good time for any boss to get more organized and not expect the workers to do it for her or him.
No more rants. I think I filled my quota last time.
But that doesn't mean I haven't fit in a little writing time here and there. Since I know that this weekend is going to suck again (for free time), I tried to push the story along, but I'm still stuck at Donnie Grace's house. Not that it's a bad place to be stuck! It's very interesting and exciting, but I feel like half of the book is going to be in his village and then I'll just add a random ending. In truth, I'm a bit over 15,000 words (50 pages in Microsoft Word), but, in the last attempt of this story, this is the time that I shunted Amory out of Donnie's presence and into another place. So I'm going to try and get her out of there before 20,000 words, but I kind of like introducing everyone to new characters. It helps me because I'm not sure what I'm going to do with the old characters.
Sort of.
I guess there's just one place I'm a little terrified of. I wrote about it last time, but it felt like it was just any other place, when it definitely wasn't. It's the next place that Amory's going to, so I have to figure it out, but it's difficult. I'm not sure if I want to go the traditional route or if I want to create a whole new place like I sort of did with Heaven. But I guess it shouldn't be like Heaven, right? I'm excited, though, because the other new character (sort of) that I introduce in this place was so much freaking fun to write. She's such a bitch, but in one of those sweet, Regina George type ways. Next to Donnie, she was my favorite character to write.
So, I guess, that's where I am. After I finish this, I'm going to get up and finish cleaning my apartment. Then I'm going to get ready for the day and sit down here to write for a little while. I miss it. I didn't realize how good I had it during the summer. But, hopefully, now that I have organized everything that I need to and set some lesson plans far into the future, I'll have some more time to do the things I want to do. Writing and Sims 4, here I come!
PS - I wrote that title and then realized that it was that one Green Day song that dealt with Bille Joe's father's death, and I'm using it because I hate September. I don't even care. I'm keeping it.
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