NaNoWriMo is Coming to Get You

[dotinthesky]

This Saturday will be Kevin & mine's 7 year anniversary. I wish he'd be here, so we could spend the day doing something fun together: like going to see that new photo exhibition by Diane Arbus at the Victoria & Albert Museum. He mentioned he'll bring me from Canada a murder mystery he found lying around his farm. Can't wait until the 24th!

Silke might get tickets for us to see Ladytron on Friday. Their new album is brilliant so I'm very much hoping she manages to snag us them damn tickets.

Like most people on my friends' list, I'm going to try NaNoWriMo again this year. This time, however, I'm going to cheat, together with liadain. We'll be putting together, separately, a collection of short stories (reaching 50,000 words.) Around the beginning of December, we'll send to each other our completed collection. My cheating bit: I'm going to include thousands of words already so it's not such a struggle. Just really want the chance to put something together, and make sense of some of the stories I've already written. Plus, I get someone else's short stories collection out of the deal!

I wish I could be more easy with my writing on Livejournal... less self-reflexive and self-editing. I love it when people's posts seem to have been spurted out, full of energy and mistakes, but also full of humour and wisdom. Too much pairing seems to kill the writing, and I feel like I kill mine more than I keep it alive. I guess it's hard for me to let go here, most of the times. I really don't feel like I am 100% myself in this thing.

Comments

[dilvsy.livejournal.com]

well, it could be worse!
Even I'm not 100% myself in my journal...well, about 95% though.
But the really dark, depressing, evil stuff, I hide from anyone but myself

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

I hide my evil depressing stuff too. Just don't feel like inflicting that on anyone.

[dilvsy.livejournal.com]

well, lately, with me, I obviosly haven't been hiding that side to me...

I am hurting so bad, and I need to get the poison out any way I can, ya know?

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

At least we know, as your friends, what you are feeling and going through and we can help you stay away from those very dark thoughts...

[dilvsy.livejournal.com]

true.

This is why I love lj, those of you I know on here, I do consider friends.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

same here... have met some great people on this thing.

[dilvsy.livejournal.com]

me too.

[dawnkitten.livejournal.com]

I'm tempted by Ladytron at Koko myself - I shall see how bleurggh I feel by then - but have Kaisers in Brum next day - so prolly not wise :(

Happy Anniversary :)

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

They were sold out, then tickets went back on sale yesterday. I doubt we'll get anything... but who knows?

Take care.

[dawnkitten.livejournal.com]

Mmmm - penicillin :)

There's still tix available through the Koko site. Have fun if you decide to go - the 'tron were ace at Leeds fest this year.

[gorecky22.livejournal.com]

So you're trying again the NaNoWriMo!! Think everybody I knew trying last year's failed it! So, GOOOOOD LUCK!! :D

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Are you going to try too?

[gorecky22.livejournal.com]

Nope. I wanna finish my second novel for november: it's only two chapters to the end!! And I've been involved in a writting workshop that will start this november, too!! :P

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Is it written in Spanish?

[gorecky22.livejournal.com]

Yep... I'm not good enough in english!!!

[blindscouse.livejournal.com]

The problem is sometimes we write to be read when we should really just write for ourselves. We worry about what others will think of us when we are at our most unguarded. I quite often use the private feature for when I just want to blurt something out. Alternatively, try posting when drunk!

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

It's very true. It's probably because I've been here for years now, know many LJ friends in real life, so I have them in mind, when I should really just be writing for myself. I blurt things out on my paper journal, but I am going to try to be more spontaneous here.

[la-mascherina.livejournal.com]

Happy anniversary for Saturday! He is coming back on the 24th of this month? Not too long then, eh? I will toast you both with many an in-flight G+T. Only one day to go, Ollie and then I’m really off! :O

It’s ironic really, but I too find that this medium, that I imagine was created for people to trickle out freely whatever is in the mind onto the keyboard for creative or cathartic purposes, can feel constrained.
Maybe not being teenage and angsty (well.. less angsty) anymore plays a factor in this reaction.

For what's it worth, your page does read as natural, lively and lovely.
Off to check out the link, cheers.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the lovely wishes, and I hope you have a safe & good trip! ♥

<3

[meemeedarling.livejournal.com]

Wow! 7 years is amazing. Love to you both!

Re: <3

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Thanks babe.

[stupid-wanker06.livejournal.com]

happy 7th! that is awesome.

about nanowrimo...sounds like fun...yet daunting.

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

do it! :)

and thank you.

[stupid-wanker06.livejournal.com]

I think I will. I need a hobby.

[roguejournal.livejournal.com]

so...how's the writing going?????

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Nao vai indo! Mas pretendo tentar escrever algo hoje.

E voce fia, como voce vai? :)

[roguejournal.livejournal.com]

viche credooooooooooooo...meu inglês tá uma 'belezura', eh??
hahahahahhahaha.

as coisas aqui estão okay!
muita aula e pouca grana!!

hoje fiz um headstand na aula de yoga e tou toda feliz!!!!
aliás, sempre que dá, dou uma trienadinha aqui em casa!!!

[commonpeople.livejournal.com]

Puxa, hoje mesmo estava morrendo de vontade de fazer uma aula de Yoga. Eu e a Natalia vamos procurar algo por aqui perto... sinto falta!