Last night I danced on a table top dressed as a punk.
Yes, I’m serious.
No, that’s not the
opening line of a new novel. It could be though.
Writers and writing advice often tell us to write what we
know and to live life in order to find new things to write about. Well after
last night I have a whole list of things I can write about.
But that’s not really what I’m talking about today. I’m
going to catch you up on how well I’m reaching my goals, two weeks into Round
Three. I’ve been doing surprisingly well actually. Writing a little every day,
drawing a little every day, editing a little every day. Even when I’ve not been
physically editing DW, the work in progress, I’ve been thinking about how I
would change certain parts or how I could get it to more resemble what I’d
first envisioned when I started writing it last November. Most of my other
goals have been completed as well. I’ve been writing everyday by working on my
Camp NaNo planning and that’s also coming along swimmingly. I’ve also been
drawing everyday by sketching page thumbnails for oSaM. It’s helping me figure
out character designs and how the characters hold themselves at the same time.
Slowly but surely I’m getting more and more ready to actually start drawing
that monster. I still haven’t decided on an art style or how I’m going to produce
the actual pages yet but it’s on my list of things to do.
What I’m having serious trouble with is the middle goal;
completing one full art piece every week. Both weeks something’s come up just
as I’ve been settling down to work on a full piece of art and I’ve just not
gotten around to sitting down to work again. I’m starting to think that I may
have to remove that particular goal from my goal lists. I don’t really want to
though as that would be admitting defeat and I don’t like to do that. I hate
the feeling of failure and I’m determined to treat that goal as a challenge.
I can never resist a challenge.
And maybe next time I’ll tell you how I wound up on top of the
table.
Maybe.
