I can walk!

[guanin]

I'm just stepping on my toes on my injured foot, but I can walk. Yes! It doesn't even hurt if I lay off the heel.

I watched Milk yesterday. It gave me the urge to get off my lazy ass and do something. I kinda didn't, but maybe one day I'll manage it. I've really got to get out of this house and find out what's going on.

Oh yes, I knew I was forgetting something. I wrote 2,416 words today! I haven't gotten this much written in one day since that novel that dies because it because a madhouse of insanity. The only reason I stopped and didn't write more is because I felt a little overwhelmed. Does that happen to anyone? I saw it mentioned in a writing manual once. I need to accustom myself to higher than this if I want to finish this thing within any reasonable amount of time.

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[visiblemarket.livejournal.com]

Yay, being able to walk! Progress!

Awww, Milk. James Franco's character broke my heart in that movie. He put up with so much and was so sweet.

When I was writing the epic I would have days of wanting to just scrap it completely. And did give up on it from time to time, but in the end I just pushed through and...well, finished. Still not sure how I feel about it; I'm too close to the damn thing still.

[g0shawk.livejournal.com]

Yay for walking! I hope it stops hurting soon!

I love Milk :)

Congrats!! :D And yeah, I definitely get overwhelmed too sometimes.

[saena17.livejournal.com]

Milk is such a powerful movie; I really liked it. It's nice to know that there are remarkable people out there who set out to make change despite the odds.

Congratulations on your word count! And I can relate to your comment about being overwhelmed; I'm pretty sure I've psyched myself out writing before and had to stop, even though I'm in a groove. (Can't remember specific instances, but it feels familiar, so it's probably happened!) Maybe use that number as a baseline and work your way up from there?

[lotus0kid.livejournal.com]

Woohoo for walking! Rest it just a little bit longer and I bet you'll be good as new!

Milk's an amazing movie, though it makes me sad that I don't have a cause to fight for. What an incredible time to be alive, the '60s and '70s. I'm sure it was scary and uncertain and no picnic, but jeez.

When I was working on Off the Reservation, all that heavy-duty writing kind of took a toll on me. Like I lost my appetite, and stayed up ridiculously late writing. It was weird. I have no idea what it's like to write a novel, though, so I don't really know if that counts.

[guanin.livejournal.com]

It's all on tip toes, but it's wonderful.

I didn't even recognize him with blonde hair, but he was so awesome. The poor guy.

I do have this humongous urge to finish it. It's the only story I want to work on right now, it's just the whole plotting and characters and more stuff than I ever dealt with before that's kinda scary, plus the fact that no matter how many books I read for research, I've still only scrapped the tip of the iceberg. I don't know. It's still fun. For now. I'm expected the real insanity to break out soon.

[guanin.livejournal.com]

The pain is mostly gone now. I just get electric twinges on my heel if I step on it.

It made me sad, but it was good.

I need to built my resistance. I really do want to finish this.

[guanin.livejournal.com]

That it is.

Yeah, I need to build it up slowly. I got up to 3,000 something last summer and had to take an hour break from everything. That happened again last night. I just need to get in the grove.

[guanin.livejournal.com]

I'm stuck in the house anyway. so that's plenty of rest. I haven't even gone downstairs in over a weak.

I've got plenty of causes, I'm just so lazy. I need to get out and do something.

My appetite isn't put off by anything, so that's not a problem (though when the writing is going really well I wish it would go away). So far, I'm just ambling about, but just the outline is something new. And I'm going to need subplots. I've never had subplots before.