Writing Robin Hood fic: my anti-drug
Sep. 13th, 2009 08:06 pmI am coming down off a major writer's high right now.
I spent a good chunk of this afternoon writing a very pivotal scene in my![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
bigbanghood fic, and by the time I was done, I had so much adrenaline running through my veins, I could feel my heartbeat in my toes, and I felt like I could run a four minute mile if I needed to. I was in the middle of the scene, wondering why my body's "fight or flight" response was kicking in, and I suddenly realized that I was having my viewpoint character's reactions. (Yes, it's Guy... not a surprise, there, but pretend for me like it is?) It was weird. When I was finished, I had to go outside and do something for a while to burn off all of the excess energy, so I watered all of the plants and then made myself sit down and eat some leftovers slowly enough that I could actually taste them. (I fixed honey Dijon pork chops and cauliflower last night... not as complicated as it sounds. My meat recipe went something like this: "combine bottle of Lawry's marinade + defrosted meat + skillet + fire." Still, it was delicious.)
I haven't felt this excited about a writing project for a long while. I've been writing regularly for a few days, and I've managed between 1,000 and 2,000 words a day since Wednesday, and it's on now. I'm actually getting to the point where I look forward to sitting down each day at the computer because I can't wait to pick up where I left off, rather than putting it off because I'm dreading the prospect of having to produce all of those tiresome words. I'm still behind where I wish I was in terms of word count, but with a little bit of luck, I'll be able to continue to tap into the reserver of self-discipline I seem to have stumbled into and actually have a draft of my story completely finished by the time our first drafts are due.
In other news...
My classes are going well. They're all huge, and there are a couple of kids in one of my classes who think they're too good to be there, but unfortunately, (for them and for me) they're not. They're also guys who think that because I'm a young-ish, fairly soft-spoken female who is painfully nice and understanding most of the time that I won't reign down fire on them for goofing off in my class. They're wrong, and if they don't shape up, they're about to find that out. The majority of my students, though, seem to be nice people who want to improve.
Rae and I went on a mini Labor Day vacation that took us up the coast a ways. We spent a lot of time at a place called Moonstone Beach near Cambria, and we drove up to San Simeon so I could take Rae to Hearst Castle for the first time. I have a lot of pictures that I'll post soon. It was a nice break, and exactly what I needed before school got crazy.
I spent a good chunk of this afternoon writing a very pivotal scene in my
bigbanghood fic, and by the time I was done, I had so much adrenaline running through my veins, I could feel my heartbeat in my toes, and I felt like I could run a four minute mile if I needed to. I was in the middle of the scene, wondering why my body's "fight or flight" response was kicking in, and I suddenly realized that I was having my viewpoint character's reactions. (Yes, it's Guy... not a surprise, there, but pretend for me like it is?) It was weird. When I was finished, I had to go outside and do something for a while to burn off all of the excess energy, so I watered all of the plants and then made myself sit down and eat some leftovers slowly enough that I could actually taste them. (I fixed honey Dijon pork chops and cauliflower last night... not as complicated as it sounds. My meat recipe went something like this: "combine bottle of Lawry's marinade + defrosted meat + skillet + fire." Still, it was delicious.) I haven't felt this excited about a writing project for a long while. I've been writing regularly for a few days, and I've managed between 1,000 and 2,000 words a day since Wednesday, and it's on now. I'm actually getting to the point where I look forward to sitting down each day at the computer because I can't wait to pick up where I left off, rather than putting it off because I'm dreading the prospect of having to produce all of those tiresome words. I'm still behind where I wish I was in terms of word count, but with a little bit of luck, I'll be able to continue to tap into the reserver of self-discipline I seem to have stumbled into and actually have a draft of my story completely finished by the time our first drafts are due.
In other news...
My classes are going well. They're all huge, and there are a couple of kids in one of my classes who think they're too good to be there, but unfortunately, (for them and for me) they're not. They're also guys who think that because I'm a young-ish, fairly soft-spoken female who is painfully nice and understanding most of the time that I won't reign down fire on them for goofing off in my class. They're wrong, and if they don't shape up, they're about to find that out. The majority of my students, though, seem to be nice people who want to improve.
Rae and I went on a mini Labor Day vacation that took us up the coast a ways. We spent a lot of time at a place called Moonstone Beach near Cambria, and we drove up to San Simeon so I could take Rae to Hearst Castle for the first time. I have a lot of pictures that I'll post soon. It was a nice break, and exactly what I needed before school got crazy.