Keziah Hill

84 words for Thursday. This really is an exercise in paying attention to how I don’t pay attention. In other news, since Monday was a holiday here in NSW, that means it’s a short working week. So thankfully today is Friday. Let’s see how much I can do on the weekend.

Thankfully yesterday I did 1,001 words. This is good. Not so good today is sleeping through my alarm and not getting up until 6.30. Routine wrecked.

And something is wrong with my mouse and/or my computer. It’s slow. The mouse doesn’t respond instantly. I’ve changed the battery and since it’s a new mouse (as in the last 6 weeks or so) it shouldn’t be doing this.

So whine, whine, whine. You didn’t come here to read my whiney crap did you? Ah well, tomorrow hopefully will be better.

A washout yesterday. Words=0. At least I know that I can’t write anything if I’ve had 3 hours sleep and do a full days work at my paid work. Probably not unreasonable.

360 words for Sunday. Not great. And today is not shaping up to be a good day. Only 3 hours sleep last night (god knows why because I don’t) so no words this morning as I slept passed 5.30am. Apart from just getting the words down, this exercise in accountability will also challenge my belief system about when and where I can write. I’ll have to let go of my idea I can only write in the mornings.

Only 342 extra words but a page or so of character working out for the hero. He has a past that links him to the heroine but I haven’t quite worked out the details. He’s going to be much sunnier than the heroine but pushy and determined. He won’t let her get away with hiding.

Robyn and I are going to keep each other honest during the month of October. We’ll past our respective word counts on our blogs everyday. So far today = 0.

I’ve thought to prepare for Nano this month but the work I’ve done so far just makes me want to start writing. So tomorrow morning I’ll leap into it.

I’m doing some plotting and planning for all of October so I can start NanoWriMo in November and know what I’m doing. I don’t normally write like this, but I’ve always been a frustrated plotter, so I’m giving it a go, but with spaciousness not rigidity.

So premises, character profiles and an outline are all on the boil. But as ever, it’s a struggle with procrastination. Currently I’m reading Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie so I write a bit, go and read a few pages, check my hot water and come back to the computer.

My hot water is only working after about 7 or 8 in the morning depending on what day it is. It’s a new apartment block so there are ongoing negotiations with all and sundry. It’s really thrown out my writing ritual in the morning, which isn’t such a bad thing, since it’s good training for writing without such rituals. But nevertheless it’s a major pain the the derriere.

I can see today is a today where procrastination has taken over. Let’s see if I can really break my rituals and do some writing tonight.