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Sunday, June 12, 2011

ROW80 Round 2 - 16th Update

Another check-in, another week with no novella writing being done :( I've still been busy though, writing the story for my interactive steampunk assignment. I've also set up the entire structure for the application in Flash; the programming, interface and navigation buttons are all complete. All that remains now is to set up the models in Google SketchUp and create my screenshots and animations. I know I said I was going to do that last week, but I got annoyed with SketchUp crashing every five minutes and decided I'd rather do the programming instead. Yes, I, who hate programming, decided it would be more fun writing code than using the steaming pile of sadness that is SketchUp. So now I'll be spending the next three days solid making things in SketchUp. Or, as is more likely, waiting for SketchUp to unfreeze.

Have I mentioned that I hate SketchUp?

While avoiding my assignment, I also stumbled across another site that looks interesting; She Writes. Basically it's like Facebook for writers, from what I can see. I've joined, so if anyone else is a member, you can add me here.

The assignment I'm working on now is the last for this semester. Once I've submitted it on Wednesday, I plan to spend a few days doing nothing but writing Dark and Silent Waters, though I may break out my Derwent collection and do some illustrations as well. It feels like I haven't touched my novella for a month - apart from squeezing in a few rushed writing sessions here and there - and I've had so many ideas and scenes churning around in my head that I really need to get them down on paper. Well, on screen. Up til this point I have pretty much failed to meet my 500 words per day goal - I did have a few days where I churned out one or two thousand, but not enough to make up for the days I didn't write. Hopefully with all assignments out of the way, I'll be able to power home through the last few weeks of ROW80 with a bit more to show for it.

Don't let Judgemental Dog catch you slacking off...

See how everyone else is going in ROW80 here.
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5 comments:

  1. lauralynnelliottJune 13, 2011 at 12:08 AM

    It sounds like you are really busy, so I can understand why you can't get it all done at once. Cut yourself some slack about the novella. You'll get it eventually. There's just so much other stuff to do!

    I thought about joining She Writes. Others have mentioned it and it sounds good. My only problem is...do I have time for one more thing? *shrugs*

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  2. Claire FarrellJune 13, 2011 at 3:38 AM

    You can't say you've been slacking though! :)

    Sorry about the freezing crap, I feel your pain. Hope it doesn't screw up too much when you're in the middle of everything.

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  3. Robin McCormackJune 13, 2011 at 9:31 AM

    You haven't been slacking by any means. Lots of stuff going on. My mind has been taken up with class stuff so haven't been getting a whole lot done with the WIP. After next week, I'll be able to concentrate on WIP again. I'll have to check out she writes. Have been hearing much about it.

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  4. Rebecca J FlemingJune 13, 2011 at 7:02 PM

    hehe I don't know if I'll use She Writes much because of time issues, but it looks like it would be a good site for writers to interact with one another. If nothing else, it'll give me something else to procrastinate with.

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  5. alberta rossJune 14, 2011 at 3:00 AM

    joined She Writes (thanks for that link) - is time truely as elastic as I think?

    I wonder - do you like Sketch Up!!!!!!!!!!!

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