Sunday, July 12, 2015

Dinos, Witches and A Happy Dance

I am over 10,000 words and doing a happy dance. My pace has slowed and I did miss Saturday, but my average is still over what I need to meet my goal of 25,00 this month.

Yesterday was jam packed with awesome, but non-writing related activities. Very early in the morning and 2 hours away from the house I took my daughter to an exploratory class at a visual effects school. We were there for 6 hours using an interesting program and editing ourselves into a picture of a dinosaur rampaging in front of the school.  I was bored a few times, but the kiddo is now sure she wants to peruse video game design and rendering. Yay for reaffirming a career path. 

In the evening we were able to see 2 of her friends in Macbeth. It was set in post apocalyptic Scotland and it was an amazing production. The witches, my favorite characters, were so awesome and the kids we went to see did such a good job. Honestly, everyone did a great job. It was truly an enjoyable experience. I was mildly pulled out of the story for a moment during a few of the scenes where they are chasing each other. I was so amazed at Macbeth going up one set of stairs, down the back and through one of the sides only to repeat the process on the other side and then in reverse. Between the entrances and exits he had dialog and sword fights, but he did not seem winded at all. So interesting and impressive when I am just getting the strength back to be able to do the grocery shopping. 

All in all I am pleased with the way I spent my Saturday even if I wasn't able to sit down and write. Do you take breaks during a writing challenge or do you clear the calendar before jumping in? What is the best Shakespeare play you have seen? Leave me a comment and don't forget to let me know where you're from so I can follow you back and see what you are up to. 


ROW80 July Goals Rundown

1. Write at least 800 words per day on my Camp NaNo novel The Most Magical Place.
As stated above I am still ahead of the word count, but did forgo writing yesterday.

2. Post for every ROW80 check-in.
It's still early, but do far so good.

3. Spend 1 Pom per day visiting ROW80 friends.
I didn't get around much the past few days. When I had a few moments yesterday and tried to visit I had no reception. Thoroughly annoying.

4. Post to Twitter every day.
Uh, yeah that didn't happen. The alarm would go off and I would find myself too busy to stop. I am thinking I should pick another time during the day.


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12 comments:

  1. FallonJuly 12, 2015 at 3:20 PM

    Good progress for the week. I don't think it's bad to miss a day.I take the weekends off from my main projects. I may scribble a bit down for my side project(scribble being figurative, since actually I type). But, if I don't get to it, I don't worry too much about it.

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    1. Ink Dipped MoonJuly 12, 2015 at 9:16 PM

      Thanks, you guys give me such a confidence boost and keep me from beating myself up.

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  2. vamp_writerJuly 12, 2015 at 4:29 PM

    I sometimes take "brain breaks" when I feel overwhelmed or exhausted. I work myself pretty hard. ;) You did well! The play sounds like fun.

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    1. Ink Dipped MoonJuly 12, 2015 at 9:17 PM

      Brain break, I like that. I am going to start calling them that from now on.

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  3. Chris Loehmer KincaidJuly 12, 2015 at 5:08 PM

    I think that whether it is planned or not, we all need to take a break once in awhile. I always have a hard time getting back on track though if I take more than one day off (and I have been off for two weeks now. I have got to get it together!).

    Sounds like you are making good progress overall. Best wishes for continued productivity.

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    1. Ink Dipped MoonJuly 12, 2015 at 9:18 PM

      Oh, I know what you mean. It doesn't take long for the dominoes to start falling.

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  4. AnonymousJuly 12, 2015 at 6:25 PM

    I once saw a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream where Athens was a 1920s nightclub. That was quite fun. I actually haven't seen much Shakespeare in a while; I wish the groups in my city did a bit more of it.

    I think it's totally fair that you missed your writing goals on Saturday in favour of these other things. You're still making awesome progress anyway!

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    1. Ink Dipped MoonJuly 12, 2015 at 9:20 PM

      That take sounds interesting. My first ever Shakespeare was A Midsummer's Night Dream set in India. I was in 7th grade. The music was awesome and I was hooked.

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  5. Here, There be a WriterJuly 13, 2015 at 8:47 PM

    In think it almost mandatory to take a break, have an unplugged day, give you breathing room and and chance to see things from a different perspective.

    For watching Shakespeare, that's tough. I like this version of As YOu Like with with Emma Thompson, I think and Keanu Reeves. I LOVE performing it. Midsummer is still my favourite. A local theatre group is doing a production of Maccers (MacBeth) next year. I am totally going for Lady M. Wouldn't mind getting a witch though. :-)

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    1. Ink Dipped MoonJuly 14, 2015 at 10:10 PM

      Midsummer is my favorite as well. That would be so much fun. Make sure you post a picture of you in the costume.

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  6. Kim SwitzerJuly 15, 2015 at 2:55 PM

    Way to go on the writing progress! That's fantastic!

    That Macbeth sounds amazing. How fun!

    And I am going to borrow your idea of scheduling tasks by POMs. That's a great idea, and I'm thinking having that set amount of time without having to directly put it in a time slot on my calendar might help me get to some tasks I tend to put off. Thanks for the idea!

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    1. Ink Dipped MoonJuly 19, 2015 at 1:28 AM

      I'm glad you found something useful. I was amazed at the deliberate simplicity of the idea when I came across it.

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