Day 33
Oh my gosh!! My whole story just got going in 1500 words!! It's now about the quest to retrieve Rosie. Totallllly didn't see that coming!! I thought more of the story would take place in the real world, but it looks like a lot of it is going to take place in Daisy's world. They're going to have to quest through all of Daisy's horrible locked up memories to rescue Rosie. It's going to be dark I think...
I also made a connection between the real world and Daisy's world. Daisy realizes that her world isn't real. It's something that the reader just accepts though, that other people can access her world. It's like magic in a way. It just is.
I'm excited to find out what happens though!! I am wondering what sorts of things they'll have to overcome. I'm excited!
Monday, August 23, 2010
Day 32
Day 32
When I was about 12, I was waiting for my mom to get her hair cut. I had a notepad with me, so I started writing detailed descriptions of people in the salon. Not only did I write about what they looked like, but I tried to look at physical clues and make things up about them. Woman has a wedding ring, so I would write about how she only got one day a month to get out of the house, and her family is very poor. Her husband has lost his job, and they're barely making ends meet, so she's here with money she tucked away every week for a month.
Stuff like that... it was fun. I still like to make things up about people I see randomly. I think it helps me to know better how to develop my characters.
When I was about 12, I was waiting for my mom to get her hair cut. I had a notepad with me, so I started writing detailed descriptions of people in the salon. Not only did I write about what they looked like, but I tried to look at physical clues and make things up about them. Woman has a wedding ring, so I would write about how she only got one day a month to get out of the house, and her family is very poor. Her husband has lost his job, and they're barely making ends meet, so she's here with money she tucked away every week for a month.
Stuff like that... it was fun. I still like to make things up about people I see randomly. I think it helps me to know better how to develop my characters.
Day 31
Day 31
Took the weekend off, yes, but I thought a lot about my story. I am still trying to decide what to do at this point in the story, so I'm having a hard time deciding what to write. I think I have a basic idea what would happen, but it's a crossroads, and it'll change a loooot in the story depending on which way I go.
Took the weekend off, yes, but I thought a lot about my story. I am still trying to decide what to do at this point in the story, so I'm having a hard time deciding what to write. I think I have a basic idea what would happen, but it's a crossroads, and it'll change a loooot in the story depending on which way I go.
Friday, August 20, 2010
Day 30
Day 30
Goodness gracious, I can't believe it's been a month! My story is still clipping along, but I need to commit more to it lately. I wrote a little bit tonight, and things are unfolding kind of the way I think they should. It's going to be messy in a minute here, but I think it might inspire an unlikely collaboration that could be neat. I also think it will bring forth a new level of Jack's relationship with his grandma, which will make later events sadder if they have to transpire, ie, killing his grandma.
Goodness gracious, I can't believe it's been a month! My story is still clipping along, but I need to commit more to it lately. I wrote a little bit tonight, and things are unfolding kind of the way I think they should. It's going to be messy in a minute here, but I think it might inspire an unlikely collaboration that could be neat. I also think it will bring forth a new level of Jack's relationship with his grandma, which will make later events sadder if they have to transpire, ie, killing his grandma.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Day 29
Day 29
Sooo... in response to the guy's post... can I be looking at someone in the mirror standing next to me, or does it have to be me?
Not writing today, buuuut discovered a way to stop hating so much what I've done with my story. I figured out a way to make it work, and it's actually awesome and kind of waaaay more necessary than I realized it was. It gives meaning and continuity, so I have to introduce another character in to Daisy's world, add a couple things.
Trying to help brother and sister-in-law move, get my house back into shape before school, etcetera, so haven't had too terribly much time to write, but lots of time to think about it. Yay!
Sooo... in response to the guy's post... can I be looking at someone in the mirror standing next to me, or does it have to be me?
Not writing today, buuuut discovered a way to stop hating so much what I've done with my story. I figured out a way to make it work, and it's actually awesome and kind of waaaay more necessary than I realized it was. It gives meaning and continuity, so I have to introduce another character in to Daisy's world, add a couple things.
Trying to help brother and sister-in-law move, get my house back into shape before school, etcetera, so haven't had too terribly much time to write, but lots of time to think about it. Yay!
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Day 25
Day 25
Truth time: I wrote a little bit on my story tonight, but mostly I had to decide whether I like where it's going or not. I think I might go back and change things some though. I had a really long day at a theme park with my sister, and then her puppies rolled in everything I'm allergic to and rubbed up against my face. My eyes are puffy and swollen, and I've been sneezing a ton, so this post is going to leave you feeling gypt. However, I will be trying reallly hard to finally get Microsoft Office tomorrow, so then I should have WAY more to report!!
Truth time: I wrote a little bit on my story tonight, but mostly I had to decide whether I like where it's going or not. I think I might go back and change things some though. I had a really long day at a theme park with my sister, and then her puppies rolled in everything I'm allergic to and rubbed up against my face. My eyes are puffy and swollen, and I've been sneezing a ton, so this post is going to leave you feeling gypt. However, I will be trying reallly hard to finally get Microsoft Office tomorrow, so then I should have WAY more to report!!
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Day 24
Day 24
Yikes, so husband has to call his boss Monday to set up the e-mail, so hopefully we'll have Microsoft Office by Monday. In the meantime, I've been trying my best to suck it up and write. Unfortunately I feel like I don't like where the story is going. The focus is shifting. It might be okay because I was thinking I needed more to fill my pages. I wanted more interesting side line things that truly contributed to the plot, so this just might be what I needed.
We'll see, but I might have to revamp a little later on.
So I'll come back later and fill out word counts appropriately as required. I've been segmenting new content into the days I wrote it.
Yikes, so husband has to call his boss Monday to set up the e-mail, so hopefully we'll have Microsoft Office by Monday. In the meantime, I've been trying my best to suck it up and write. Unfortunately I feel like I don't like where the story is going. The focus is shifting. It might be okay because I was thinking I needed more to fill my pages. I wanted more interesting side line things that truly contributed to the plot, so this just might be what I needed.
We'll see, but I might have to revamp a little later on.
So I'll come back later and fill out word counts appropriately as required. I've been segmenting new content into the days I wrote it.
Day 23
Day 23
Haven't had a chance to write yet, and I know this is coming in about twenty minutes too late... I'll explain why in a little bit. First I gotta get off the desktop and on to my laptop where my story is.
Okay, in my jammies, in my bed, on my laptop.. NOW I can write.
Tonight I went and spent time with my mom and dad, so that's why I didn't get a chance to actually write before midnight rolled around.
So when I turned my computer on, it started flipping out and refusing to start up. I was freaking out, so when my computer finally did come one, I e-mailed my whole story to myself as a back up. I'll probably be doing that every ten thousand words or so, and likely saving it on my zip drive as well from now on.
Okay, so I wrote over 100 words, for tonight I think that's all that I'm going to be able to handle. I'm falling asleep at the keys.
Sorry for the off posts lately. I'll feel much better and more motivated once we finally buy Microsoft Office.
Haven't had a chance to write yet, and I know this is coming in about twenty minutes too late... I'll explain why in a little bit. First I gotta get off the desktop and on to my laptop where my story is.
Okay, in my jammies, in my bed, on my laptop.. NOW I can write.
Tonight I went and spent time with my mom and dad, so that's why I didn't get a chance to actually write before midnight rolled around.
So when I turned my computer on, it started flipping out and refusing to start up. I was freaking out, so when my computer finally did come one, I e-mailed my whole story to myself as a back up. I'll probably be doing that every ten thousand words or so, and likely saving it on my zip drive as well from now on.
Okay, so I wrote over 100 words, for tonight I think that's all that I'm going to be able to handle. I'm falling asleep at the keys.
Sorry for the off posts lately. I'll feel much better and more motivated once we finally buy Microsoft Office.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Day 22
Day 22
Bad news guys: unfortunately Husby is going to have to call his work and get his work e-mail before we can get the deal on Microsoft Office. In the meantime, other programs screw up the word count. Thus, I've made the executive to continue writing, but not have my word counts posted for a couple of days. I am falling behind (not literally, but in the sense that I'm not a week ahead), so I'm just going to keep on with my writing.
I must admit, it's kind of pointless and steals some of the excitement from me. I'm writing toward a goal of 100,000 words, and it's kind of jacked up that I don't even know for sure how many words I have now.
Now, about the Day 22 entry on this guy's site... oops. I'm totally breaking his rules. More it's become just a part of my structural routine to read his site. It gives me something to look forward to more than to guide me.
So Daisy is on her way to talk to Rosie right now, I'm going to go see what happens. She's going to confront Rosie about why she buys a bus ticket. What is she going to do when Rosie's not there?
Bad news guys: unfortunately Husby is going to have to call his work and get his work e-mail before we can get the deal on Microsoft Office. In the meantime, other programs screw up the word count. Thus, I've made the executive to continue writing, but not have my word counts posted for a couple of days. I am falling behind (not literally, but in the sense that I'm not a week ahead), so I'm just going to keep on with my writing.
I must admit, it's kind of pointless and steals some of the excitement from me. I'm writing toward a goal of 100,000 words, and it's kind of jacked up that I don't even know for sure how many words I have now.
Now, about the Day 22 entry on this guy's site... oops. I'm totally breaking his rules. More it's become just a part of my structural routine to read his site. It gives me something to look forward to more than to guide me.
So Daisy is on her way to talk to Rosie right now, I'm going to go see what happens. She's going to confront Rosie about why she buys a bus ticket. What is she going to do when Rosie's not there?
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
day 21
Day 21
WARNING!!! Several rants to follow! Okay, well... only two, but you can skip my first two paragraphs if you want.
So I totally don't agree that "following your imagination" means getting to a predestined ending. I think my story is so exciting because half the time I don't even know how it's going to end!! I began the story without a clear ending which was fine because I had time to develop my characters. As more things made their way into my plot, I came up with my idea for the ending, but because it isn't all written out already, I am free to add things as I need. I don't want the end sitting in a drawer. Not knowing how things are going to end I think makes things less predictable for my readers too.
NEXT!
So I've been listening to a band called ALL CAPS, they're fun to listen to while writing. The girl who's in the band, Kristina used to sing wizard rock if that's any indication as to the kind of band they are. They sing music that has plot, like World of Warcraft Ruined My Life or You Kissed Me at the Dundies, it's techno beats, and it just really makes me happy. Interestingly enough, one of their songs is called the Nanowrimo Song... so I would heavily advise that if you like writing, you listen to this band, haha!
Enough of music ranting, how about I talk about my writing. So after a day of fervent typing, I am sugar crashing, but whatever the equivalent of that for ODing on writing is. I have been procrastinating all day about writing. I thought a little bit about it. I think also, I'm upset because Jack and Daisy were fighting again. Ugh. They kinda patched things over, but I know that Jack is gonna be super mad at Daisy when she gets the chance to tell him what's going on.
So as it turns out, my trial version of microsoft office expired (gosh, it's already been A MONTH since my birthday?!), so I am waiting for open office to download now. More updates to this blog coming in a few.
Uhm, so today's post is going to be a little off. This was supposed to be the day I reached 30,000, but instead it's going to be the day I decided to invest in microsoft office. Well, the day before I did. I'm having a really hard time writing and feeling at home in notepad or open office (aka bain of my existence ruined my first two modules of schooling). So, I'm going to pick up tomorrow.
WARNING!!! Several rants to follow! Okay, well... only two, but you can skip my first two paragraphs if you want.
So I totally don't agree that "following your imagination" means getting to a predestined ending. I think my story is so exciting because half the time I don't even know how it's going to end!! I began the story without a clear ending which was fine because I had time to develop my characters. As more things made their way into my plot, I came up with my idea for the ending, but because it isn't all written out already, I am free to add things as I need. I don't want the end sitting in a drawer. Not knowing how things are going to end I think makes things less predictable for my readers too.
NEXT!
So I've been listening to a band called ALL CAPS, they're fun to listen to while writing. The girl who's in the band, Kristina used to sing wizard rock if that's any indication as to the kind of band they are. They sing music that has plot, like World of Warcraft Ruined My Life or You Kissed Me at the Dundies, it's techno beats, and it just really makes me happy. Interestingly enough, one of their songs is called the Nanowrimo Song... so I would heavily advise that if you like writing, you listen to this band, haha!
Enough of music ranting, how about I talk about my writing. So after a day of fervent typing, I am sugar crashing, but whatever the equivalent of that for ODing on writing is. I have been procrastinating all day about writing. I thought a little bit about it. I think also, I'm upset because Jack and Daisy were fighting again. Ugh. They kinda patched things over, but I know that Jack is gonna be super mad at Daisy when she gets the chance to tell him what's going on.
So as it turns out, my trial version of microsoft office expired (gosh, it's already been A MONTH since my birthday?!), so I am waiting for open office to download now. More updates to this blog coming in a few.
Uhm, so today's post is going to be a little off. This was supposed to be the day I reached 30,000, but instead it's going to be the day I decided to invest in microsoft office. Well, the day before I did. I'm having a really hard time writing and feeling at home in notepad or open office (aka bain of my existence ruined my first two modules of schooling). So, I'm going to pick up tomorrow.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Day 20
Day 20
I don't think I have a hard time being original. Something I like about my writing is that a lot of time humor works its way into the mix, and I don't even try to put it in there. I just write about the lives of people, and funny things just happen to occur. I really enjoy when I'm reading a book all by myself at home, and suddenly have to laugh literally out loud because something in the book is just that funny.
I'm really happy that this naturally comes about in my writing.
So I have a complex where I always assume that my story bores people, and I don't usually talk to people about it. However, today it came up in conversation with my good friend Tiffany. We were talking, and she suddenly became EXTREMELY interested. I kind of left the conversation at a point where if she wanted to keep talking about it, I would answer questions, but if she wanted to change the subject she could also do that.
She got really excited about the story, and helped me brainstorm a TON of new ideas! She actually helped me out so much, that my plot has way more to do with my story now. I don't know if you remember, but probably about five or ten days ago, I was having a hard time connecting two major segments of my story. Well the things Tippy helped me think of absolutely mesh my whole story together!
I wrote a little background that I think might actually come in to play at the end of the book. My characters are a lot darker than I like to admit too, so it's good that my humor is so ingrained in my story. It's gonna need it.
I've been on fire tonight writing too. When I finally sat down, after my thoughts had solidified a little bit, I started out by writing about 150 words of background information. This is just the very basics of the skeleton of the story. Doing this helped me get things straight in my head. I saved that as a file for more background information I might end up needing.
I seriously have renewed fervor for my story after talking to Tiffany. I was having a hard time eeking out 500 words a day before, now I am having a hard time stopping! I can't wait to get to the 70,000 word marker. That's where I think things are going to start getting crazy! They're just about to start bubbling up, so I'm excited to see where this takes me. I still have about 20,000 words more of setting things up, but Rosie is getting Daisy into trouble, Jack is changing and growing a lot, and Mrs. Hatcher is evil and crazy.
Honestly, there's a lot more to Rosie than I thought there was. Tiffany was throwing ideas out for that too, and I'm excited to be able to include a tidbit of her background into the story. It's really going to help you love that character more too.
Tiffany also helped me realize that Jack needs to grow into a hero, and he's getting there. I guess that was the natural place the story was leading anyways, and I didn't really realize it. Also, I think I might not actually have to kill any of my characters!! Well, I may still have to kill the one, but I don't think it's going to be a sad death. It's just a natural thing, and it'll be great. It'll be cause for inspiration that propels Jack toward heroism.
I'm so excited to bust out some more lines, and I can't wait until this book is accessible to my friends and family!!
I sent my first chapter to Aaron, Steve, and Mom. Aaron and Steve have both given me feedback, and I've already tweaked that first chapter a ton. They helped me realize quite a few things I want to change. However, I also realized that knowing how much I want to change already, I might need to hold off on sending out more chapters. I'm starting to get a little overwhelmed with how much I want to change. I'm thinking I need to just plow through my hundred thousand words, then do my NaNoWriMo, then go back and change things.
I need to do this in steps. I am so excited about my story though, I can't wait to finish it!!!
Favorite line of the day: Fight or flight? fight or flight? Daisy’s mind was racing. Oh great, apparently "fight" since her feet refused to come unglued from the ground.
This is a good example of the natural humor that kind of finagles its way in. Rosie helped that factor out a lot too. Crazy little old lady!
Also, tomorrow will probably be 30,000 words!!! Gosh, I can't believe how quickly it's going....
25,144 words
I don't think I have a hard time being original. Something I like about my writing is that a lot of time humor works its way into the mix, and I don't even try to put it in there. I just write about the lives of people, and funny things just happen to occur. I really enjoy when I'm reading a book all by myself at home, and suddenly have to laugh literally out loud because something in the book is just that funny.
I'm really happy that this naturally comes about in my writing.
So I have a complex where I always assume that my story bores people, and I don't usually talk to people about it. However, today it came up in conversation with my good friend Tiffany. We were talking, and she suddenly became EXTREMELY interested. I kind of left the conversation at a point where if she wanted to keep talking about it, I would answer questions, but if she wanted to change the subject she could also do that.
She got really excited about the story, and helped me brainstorm a TON of new ideas! She actually helped me out so much, that my plot has way more to do with my story now. I don't know if you remember, but probably about five or ten days ago, I was having a hard time connecting two major segments of my story. Well the things Tippy helped me think of absolutely mesh my whole story together!
I wrote a little background that I think might actually come in to play at the end of the book. My characters are a lot darker than I like to admit too, so it's good that my humor is so ingrained in my story. It's gonna need it.
I've been on fire tonight writing too. When I finally sat down, after my thoughts had solidified a little bit, I started out by writing about 150 words of background information. This is just the very basics of the skeleton of the story. Doing this helped me get things straight in my head. I saved that as a file for more background information I might end up needing.
I seriously have renewed fervor for my story after talking to Tiffany. I was having a hard time eeking out 500 words a day before, now I am having a hard time stopping! I can't wait to get to the 70,000 word marker. That's where I think things are going to start getting crazy! They're just about to start bubbling up, so I'm excited to see where this takes me. I still have about 20,000 words more of setting things up, but Rosie is getting Daisy into trouble, Jack is changing and growing a lot, and Mrs. Hatcher is evil and crazy.
Honestly, there's a lot more to Rosie than I thought there was. Tiffany was throwing ideas out for that too, and I'm excited to be able to include a tidbit of her background into the story. It's really going to help you love that character more too.
Tiffany also helped me realize that Jack needs to grow into a hero, and he's getting there. I guess that was the natural place the story was leading anyways, and I didn't really realize it. Also, I think I might not actually have to kill any of my characters!! Well, I may still have to kill the one, but I don't think it's going to be a sad death. It's just a natural thing, and it'll be great. It'll be cause for inspiration that propels Jack toward heroism.
I'm so excited to bust out some more lines, and I can't wait until this book is accessible to my friends and family!!
I sent my first chapter to Aaron, Steve, and Mom. Aaron and Steve have both given me feedback, and I've already tweaked that first chapter a ton. They helped me realize quite a few things I want to change. However, I also realized that knowing how much I want to change already, I might need to hold off on sending out more chapters. I'm starting to get a little overwhelmed with how much I want to change. I'm thinking I need to just plow through my hundred thousand words, then do my NaNoWriMo, then go back and change things.
I need to do this in steps. I am so excited about my story though, I can't wait to finish it!!!
Favorite line of the day: Fight or flight? fight or flight? Daisy’s mind was racing. Oh great, apparently "fight" since her feet refused to come unglued from the ground.
This is a good example of the natural humor that kind of finagles its way in. Rosie helped that factor out a lot too. Crazy little old lady!
Also, tomorrow will probably be 30,000 words!!! Gosh, I can't believe how quickly it's going....
25,144 words
Monday, August 9, 2010
Day 19
Day 19
So I'm looking over my first chapter to send to Aaron, Steve, and my Mom. As I'm reading, I'm beginning to realize that I did not know Jack at alllll when I started writing. I was having trouble deciding if Jack represented someone or something, or if he just was Jack. I have since decided that he is just Jack, because the connotations of representing Christ through a little boy were a little too strange for me.
It was one of a few ideas that I had about who Jack was, but honestly, I wound up having the most fun just writing Jack as a regular boy who, through his spirit is able to bring Daisy to a much safer, better place in her life. He acts with kindness and compassion, and he tries to be a decent person, he tries to emulate those things that God would have us. Through that endeavor, though he faces trials just like anyone else, he is then able to relate to Daisy, to help her.
So side note, I think it's neat that I am inadvertantly participating in Blog Every Day in August... haha! Not because I decided to, it just happened that this blog started just in time.
Anyways, I'm going through my story looking at Jack in the beginning, and I'm wondering if I need to alter his character in any way. Part of me thinks no, not really, because he was just a child when the story begins. Part of me feels like I might need to though. I may just need to develop his personality a little more. As my beta testers (Steve, Aaron, Mom) read through more and more of my story though, maybe they can help me decide.
I also am starting to feel a little worried that I am more confident in who Mrs. Hatcher is than I am in who Jack and Daisy are. I'm definitely gonna have to spend some time developing Jack and Daisy off the transcript. I need to get to know their quirks a little better. Especially because they both grew up in the story, and Daisy has definitely outgrown her major flaw with Jack. Though not to say the flaw doesn't still exist with other people and Daisy.
Oh snap!! So I know I've reviewed the first chapter of my book more than any other chapter. I just didn't realize what a great job I did incorporating things that would happen later in the book!! I just read something right now that is a small clue as to what happens later, but so minute that it's hardly noticeable. MAN! I'm excited that I worked that into the story. Haha, I was surprised when I read it because it was so key to the whole story, and it's just one small line. It totally gives legitimacy to what happens later in the story, like if you read it again you'd see the signs.
I'm super happy I keep going over my book.
Sorry, super vague, I know. But I'm super excited, sometimes that just overflows without regulation!
Favorite line of the day: Daisy had taken note of a few of her favorite things in Jack’s world. When she looked around her own, it seemed they had appeared. The shack. Daisy looked back at the shack, and it wasn’t a shack. It was the house. The one with the red shutters. Daisy smiled a wide smile. There was a road and sidewalks. There was a bright red bench. The green streetlamp, the yellow car, the Italian bistro. These things had fabricated themselves in Daisy’s world. And they were all set against a grey backdrop. Nothing in Daisy’s world was changing itself, per se. But the things from Jack’s world entered in bright hues.
My favorite lines are getting longer and longer, hehe. I really like this part of the story because it's super exciting. It was something even I didn't see coming!! And I imagine the colors so vividly and they look so pretty in her world. Everything else is still black and white, the things that were originally in her world, so it's pretty cool.
25,749 words
So I'm looking over my first chapter to send to Aaron, Steve, and my Mom. As I'm reading, I'm beginning to realize that I did not know Jack at alllll when I started writing. I was having trouble deciding if Jack represented someone or something, or if he just was Jack. I have since decided that he is just Jack, because the connotations of representing Christ through a little boy were a little too strange for me.
It was one of a few ideas that I had about who Jack was, but honestly, I wound up having the most fun just writing Jack as a regular boy who, through his spirit is able to bring Daisy to a much safer, better place in her life. He acts with kindness and compassion, and he tries to be a decent person, he tries to emulate those things that God would have us. Through that endeavor, though he faces trials just like anyone else, he is then able to relate to Daisy, to help her.
So side note, I think it's neat that I am inadvertantly participating in Blog Every Day in August... haha! Not because I decided to, it just happened that this blog started just in time.
Anyways, I'm going through my story looking at Jack in the beginning, and I'm wondering if I need to alter his character in any way. Part of me thinks no, not really, because he was just a child when the story begins. Part of me feels like I might need to though. I may just need to develop his personality a little more. As my beta testers (Steve, Aaron, Mom) read through more and more of my story though, maybe they can help me decide.
I also am starting to feel a little worried that I am more confident in who Mrs. Hatcher is than I am in who Jack and Daisy are. I'm definitely gonna have to spend some time developing Jack and Daisy off the transcript. I need to get to know their quirks a little better. Especially because they both grew up in the story, and Daisy has definitely outgrown her major flaw with Jack. Though not to say the flaw doesn't still exist with other people and Daisy.
Oh snap!! So I know I've reviewed the first chapter of my book more than any other chapter. I just didn't realize what a great job I did incorporating things that would happen later in the book!! I just read something right now that is a small clue as to what happens later, but so minute that it's hardly noticeable. MAN! I'm excited that I worked that into the story. Haha, I was surprised when I read it because it was so key to the whole story, and it's just one small line. It totally gives legitimacy to what happens later in the story, like if you read it again you'd see the signs.
I'm super happy I keep going over my book.
Sorry, super vague, I know. But I'm super excited, sometimes that just overflows without regulation!
Favorite line of the day: Daisy had taken note of a few of her favorite things in Jack’s world. When she looked around her own, it seemed they had appeared. The shack. Daisy looked back at the shack, and it wasn’t a shack. It was the house. The one with the red shutters. Daisy smiled a wide smile. There was a road and sidewalks. There was a bright red bench. The green streetlamp, the yellow car, the Italian bistro. These things had fabricated themselves in Daisy’s world. And they were all set against a grey backdrop. Nothing in Daisy’s world was changing itself, per se. But the things from Jack’s world entered in bright hues.
My favorite lines are getting longer and longer, hehe. I really like this part of the story because it's super exciting. It was something even I didn't see coming!! And I imagine the colors so vividly and they look so pretty in her world. Everything else is still black and white, the things that were originally in her world, so it's pretty cool.
25,749 words
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Day 18
Day 18
So first off, let me start by saying that I think I have a great handle on deciding things in this story. Things have happened that I didn't even imagine. As of tonight, I wrote a whole bunch and just plainly had fun. Jack and Daisy have been under a lot of stress lately, and I think it's great that they are just breaking loose and having a good time.
They went to this place called the village in the town, and it totally reminds me of a combination between Victoria Gardens and the Mission Inn. A little Disneyland in there too, you know Baton Rouge area? It's super pretty. They're having fun, and it's fun to write.
Also, Daisy just realized something about Rosie... she isn't just the small-time little old lady she acts like she is. And Daisy could totally figure out who Rosie is, but she just hasn't put two and two together. She's so oblivious.
So, I've been holding out on you guys....
CELEBRATE!!! We just reached the big 2-5!!! That's right, 25,000 WORDS!!!!!!!!!!! Woooohoooo!!! I know I said I needed to celebrate for this many, but I just don't know how to.
So I'm doing good so far, under par at this point. I need at least 1,000 words per day, and I've met and surpassed that so far. If I can keep head, I'll be able to knock this novel out in no time. Though I realize not everyday is a fun date day for Jack and Daisy.
It's easiest for me to write when Jack and Daisy are having fun together. It's so hard to write about their arguments and trials.
So interesting new character, Mrs. Hatcher. She runs the boarding establishment where Jack and Daisy are currently residing. She seemed so nice at first, but then she started busting out threats to Daisy when Jack wasn't around. I honestly thought she was nice, maybe she's just protective? She wasn't so kind to Daisy. I got upset with her. Now I feel a little uneasy everytime they're at her place. I don't know what she's going to do.
See for yourselves, meet Mrs. Hatcher:
As she (Daisy) opened the front door of Mrs. Hatcher’s, she was surprised to see the large woman standing in the way of the staircase. Daisy froze, then tried to move forward, hoping Mrs. Hatcher would move.
“Jack’s had it hard enough already, little thing. Don’t think I’m not watchin’ ya, huh?” She was significantly less kind than the last time they’d had an encounter. Daisy was appalled.
“Excuse me,” She shoved past. Mrs. Hatcher followed Daisy with her eyes, up the stairs, around the corner. Daisy shuddered when she was out of sight. She did not want to be on that woman’s bad side.
So this in itself isn't terribly mean, but compared to how jovial she was just before that... the contrast is what's so bad. This was definitely not how she portrayed herself to Jack. She acted like Jack was a son she'd been missing. Interesting. She did live with Jack in his childhood for a little while, right after Jack's mom passed away. I'm wondering if she knows more than she's acting like.
Anyways, I think it's time for lights out in these parts. Jack and Daisy could use a rest. Oh, you may be interested to know too, Daisy has a job. We'll see how that goes. She only found out what restaurants were a couple days ago, now she's gonna be working at one? Ha!
Favorite line of the day: The village was amazing. It was out of doors, and the weather was perfect, cool but not cold. There were chains of lights suspended from across the buildings creating a lattice of starry-looking bulbs above their heads. Lights wrapped the trees and lined the windows, the town was dancing with electricity. It was gorgeous. Daisy had never known anything like this existed. In her world, dark was just dark, and there was nothing to fill it.
Yeah, yeah, not really a line. I just love this paragraph altogether. Seriously, the village sounds SO pretty!! I wanna live in that town. The whole place is just gorgeous. Way better than Daisy's world, can I get an amen?? I would love to visit somewhere like the village.
25,001 words
So first off, let me start by saying that I think I have a great handle on deciding things in this story. Things have happened that I didn't even imagine. As of tonight, I wrote a whole bunch and just plainly had fun. Jack and Daisy have been under a lot of stress lately, and I think it's great that they are just breaking loose and having a good time.
They went to this place called the village in the town, and it totally reminds me of a combination between Victoria Gardens and the Mission Inn. A little Disneyland in there too, you know Baton Rouge area? It's super pretty. They're having fun, and it's fun to write.
Also, Daisy just realized something about Rosie... she isn't just the small-time little old lady she acts like she is. And Daisy could totally figure out who Rosie is, but she just hasn't put two and two together. She's so oblivious.
So, I've been holding out on you guys....
CELEBRATE!!! We just reached the big 2-5!!! That's right, 25,000 WORDS!!!!!!!!!!! Woooohoooo!!! I know I said I needed to celebrate for this many, but I just don't know how to.
So I'm doing good so far, under par at this point. I need at least 1,000 words per day, and I've met and surpassed that so far. If I can keep head, I'll be able to knock this novel out in no time. Though I realize not everyday is a fun date day for Jack and Daisy.
It's easiest for me to write when Jack and Daisy are having fun together. It's so hard to write about their arguments and trials.
So interesting new character, Mrs. Hatcher. She runs the boarding establishment where Jack and Daisy are currently residing. She seemed so nice at first, but then she started busting out threats to Daisy when Jack wasn't around. I honestly thought she was nice, maybe she's just protective? She wasn't so kind to Daisy. I got upset with her. Now I feel a little uneasy everytime they're at her place. I don't know what she's going to do.
See for yourselves, meet Mrs. Hatcher:
As she (Daisy) opened the front door of Mrs. Hatcher’s, she was surprised to see the large woman standing in the way of the staircase. Daisy froze, then tried to move forward, hoping Mrs. Hatcher would move.
“Jack’s had it hard enough already, little thing. Don’t think I’m not watchin’ ya, huh?” She was significantly less kind than the last time they’d had an encounter. Daisy was appalled.
“Excuse me,” She shoved past. Mrs. Hatcher followed Daisy with her eyes, up the stairs, around the corner. Daisy shuddered when she was out of sight. She did not want to be on that woman’s bad side.
So this in itself isn't terribly mean, but compared to how jovial she was just before that... the contrast is what's so bad. This was definitely not how she portrayed herself to Jack. She acted like Jack was a son she'd been missing. Interesting. She did live with Jack in his childhood for a little while, right after Jack's mom passed away. I'm wondering if she knows more than she's acting like.
Anyways, I think it's time for lights out in these parts. Jack and Daisy could use a rest. Oh, you may be interested to know too, Daisy has a job. We'll see how that goes. She only found out what restaurants were a couple days ago, now she's gonna be working at one? Ha!
Favorite line of the day: The village was amazing. It was out of doors, and the weather was perfect, cool but not cold. There were chains of lights suspended from across the buildings creating a lattice of starry-looking bulbs above their heads. Lights wrapped the trees and lined the windows, the town was dancing with electricity. It was gorgeous. Daisy had never known anything like this existed. In her world, dark was just dark, and there was nothing to fill it.
Yeah, yeah, not really a line. I just love this paragraph altogether. Seriously, the village sounds SO pretty!! I wanna live in that town. The whole place is just gorgeous. Way better than Daisy's world, can I get an amen?? I would love to visit somewhere like the village.
25,001 words
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Day 17
Day 17
Part of my problem is that I care TOO much about ALL of my characters. That's why I have such a hard time when I feel like I have to kill one. Death is hard enough in real life, I personally hate when it invades books and movies. Usually I just want an adventure in a book.
If I do end up having to kill a character, I hope I can do it in a way that isn't too brutal and heart wrenching.
23,696 words
Part of my problem is that I care TOO much about ALL of my characters. That's why I have such a hard time when I feel like I have to kill one. Death is hard enough in real life, I personally hate when it invades books and movies. Usually I just want an adventure in a book.
If I do end up having to kill a character, I hope I can do it in a way that isn't too brutal and heart wrenching.
23,696 words
Friday, August 6, 2010
Day 16
Day 16
So first off, I would like to start this post by posing a question: Do you think that the mayor and city council of Egypt maybe sat around in a circle at any point having a conversation that began like this: "What're we gonna do to stop the graffiti problems in this town?"
Yeah, because maybe if our civilization gets wiped out, they're gonna think gangs tagging mail boxes was a symbol for our hunting habits.
Hieroglyphics, shmieroglyphics, I'm saying that a major cornerstone of every campaign for mayordom began with "In order to defeat the graffiti problem in this town..."
Okay, absolutely unrelated rant over.
So the guy who writes the peace corps writing thing that I link to everyday would love me. My story has pretty much everything he wants there to be in a story. I totally only have like, three characters you care about so far.
You know what I decided today though? I need a better evil. Aw, sad day. I knew that the evil would have to come in at some point, so I put evil in two forms, one of them tangible and one of them less significant, ore symbolic.
I guess it's time for the plot twist. Well, not yet. maybe at around 30 or 40 thousand words. Then they can spend the rest of the time untangling things.
I want to make sure that I haven't written too much yet that actually pertains to the major plot. I think my story needs more introduction so I spent some time today going back over what I've started. I added about five hundred words or so in one part that really needed it. That made me pretty happy.
Yeah, sadly enough I think that Daisy is going to encounter the evil, it's gonna manage to show them that they need to defeat the symbolic evil, and then they'll be able to live in peace.
Maybe. I haven't really figured it out yet. I don't want things to get too out there. We'll see what happens. I've worked a ton today on my story, hurray!! It's coming along quite quickly.
Favorite line of the day: Her blue-green eyes sparkled and danced in the lamplight, her hair was brown. She never knew.
22,296 words
So first off, I would like to start this post by posing a question: Do you think that the mayor and city council of Egypt maybe sat around in a circle at any point having a conversation that began like this: "What're we gonna do to stop the graffiti problems in this town?"
Yeah, because maybe if our civilization gets wiped out, they're gonna think gangs tagging mail boxes was a symbol for our hunting habits.
Hieroglyphics, shmieroglyphics, I'm saying that a major cornerstone of every campaign for mayordom began with "In order to defeat the graffiti problem in this town..."
Okay, absolutely unrelated rant over.
So the guy who writes the peace corps writing thing that I link to everyday would love me. My story has pretty much everything he wants there to be in a story. I totally only have like, three characters you care about so far.
You know what I decided today though? I need a better evil. Aw, sad day. I knew that the evil would have to come in at some point, so I put evil in two forms, one of them tangible and one of them less significant, ore symbolic.
I guess it's time for the plot twist. Well, not yet. maybe at around 30 or 40 thousand words. Then they can spend the rest of the time untangling things.
I want to make sure that I haven't written too much yet that actually pertains to the major plot. I think my story needs more introduction so I spent some time today going back over what I've started. I added about five hundred words or so in one part that really needed it. That made me pretty happy.
Yeah, sadly enough I think that Daisy is going to encounter the evil, it's gonna manage to show them that they need to defeat the symbolic evil, and then they'll be able to live in peace.
Maybe. I haven't really figured it out yet. I don't want things to get too out there. We'll see what happens. I've worked a ton today on my story, hurray!! It's coming along quite quickly.
Favorite line of the day: Her blue-green eyes sparkled and danced in the lamplight, her hair was brown. She never knew.
22,296 words
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Day 15
Day 15
I didn't even know that separating your characters from the plot was a thing. I don't believe in it. I'm not sure it's even possible.
So I was so incredibly tired last night after I barely wrote a bit more and posted just under the wire, that I didn't notice how incredibly close I came to my 20,000 marker!! For some reason I busted out my first five thousand words in a day, wrote approximately 2,000 words per day until about day 10, and then have been struggling ever since. I think it's because I've been gettting tired earlier, and I need to change the time of day that I write. THUS! look at me writing at 9:30 am.
I'm going to go and forge a victory against my 20,000 word marker right now.
CELEBRATE!!! 20,000 words, yay!!!!!! 25,000, here we come!!!!!
Favorite line of the day: Daisy wasn’t positive, but she felt pretty sure that Jack probably would discourage her breaking into people’s houses on a regular basis. Yeah, she was fairly certain.
Why do I like that line so much??? Just because it's hilarious. Oh, Daisy, how you're naivety both amuses and concerns us.
20,395 words
I didn't even know that separating your characters from the plot was a thing. I don't believe in it. I'm not sure it's even possible.
So I was so incredibly tired last night after I barely wrote a bit more and posted just under the wire, that I didn't notice how incredibly close I came to my 20,000 marker!! For some reason I busted out my first five thousand words in a day, wrote approximately 2,000 words per day until about day 10, and then have been struggling ever since. I think it's because I've been gettting tired earlier, and I need to change the time of day that I write. THUS! look at me writing at 9:30 am.
I'm going to go and forge a victory against my 20,000 word marker right now.
CELEBRATE!!! 20,000 words, yay!!!!!! 25,000, here we come!!!!!
Favorite line of the day: Daisy wasn’t positive, but she felt pretty sure that Jack probably would discourage her breaking into people’s houses on a regular basis. Yeah, she was fairly certain.
Why do I like that line so much??? Just because it's hilarious. Oh, Daisy, how you're naivety both amuses and concerns us.
20,395 words
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Day 14
Day 14
I am getting so so so so so so excited!!! Less than 500 words until I reach the 20,000 word mark!!! Hurray!
I was talking to a friend the other day, and we were talking about NaNoWriMo. He found out that I am writing a hundred thousand words, and my deadline is November 1st. He asked if I planned to participate in NaNoWriMo. I think I want to. I know I'll just have finished 100,000 words, but I think it would be neat. Maybe I'll write a shorter story from Jack's point of view just to flesh out the plot lines and help my editing process. It could be fun and challenging. I think it would definitely grow me as a writer.
This is definitely the most serious I've ever been about writing.
Favorite line of the day: It was like the revolving door of moods tonight.
19,558 words
I am getting so so so so so so excited!!! Less than 500 words until I reach the 20,000 word mark!!! Hurray!
I was talking to a friend the other day, and we were talking about NaNoWriMo. He found out that I am writing a hundred thousand words, and my deadline is November 1st. He asked if I planned to participate in NaNoWriMo. I think I want to. I know I'll just have finished 100,000 words, but I think it would be neat. Maybe I'll write a shorter story from Jack's point of view just to flesh out the plot lines and help my editing process. It could be fun and challenging. I think it would definitely grow me as a writer.
This is definitely the most serious I've ever been about writing.
Favorite line of the day: It was like the revolving door of moods tonight.
19,558 words
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Day 13
Day 13
I was just telling my brother today, while talking to him a little bit about the story, that my novel definitely doesn't have the issue of too many characters. At this point, we know of five though we think it's six, and one of them is just a waiter. We've only actually met four, though, and I just don't even know if the waiter counts. He might come in later, but for now, he's just a waiter.
Again, today, I haven't written yet. I'm about to try to force out a hundred words before I go to bed. I did a lot of plot development today, and had a crashing realization that someone might have to die.
Well, okay, I added a sentence. I have a headache though, so it's about time to sign out.
I promise that tomorrow I will write. I'm especially excited to write and just plainly haven't had the time to add in all things I want to. These were a couple of off days, but I think they were also kind of healthy for my story because I was able to see more clearly what the grander scheme is.
While looking into posting my word counts, I noticed a discrepancy. The mysterious, fabricated thousand words or so. Somehow my story jumped up about 1,00 words on the word count. I guess I wrote somewhere and didn't remember. Maybe I did write some yesterday. I know I sat down to write, but I can't remember actually writing. I remember writing the new stuff too, I just can't remember when I did it. Oh well!! I'm a happy camper, and hey look! we're almost to the 20,000 marker!! How should I celebrate when I reach 20,000?
Better yet, how should I celebrate when I reach 25,000? I need a super celebration to look forward to for 100,000 too. Disneyland maybe?
19,481 words
I was just telling my brother today, while talking to him a little bit about the story, that my novel definitely doesn't have the issue of too many characters. At this point, we know of five though we think it's six, and one of them is just a waiter. We've only actually met four, though, and I just don't even know if the waiter counts. He might come in later, but for now, he's just a waiter.
Again, today, I haven't written yet. I'm about to try to force out a hundred words before I go to bed. I did a lot of plot development today, and had a crashing realization that someone might have to die.
Well, okay, I added a sentence. I have a headache though, so it's about time to sign out.
I promise that tomorrow I will write. I'm especially excited to write and just plainly haven't had the time to add in all things I want to. These were a couple of off days, but I think they were also kind of healthy for my story because I was able to see more clearly what the grander scheme is.
While looking into posting my word counts, I noticed a discrepancy. The mysterious, fabricated thousand words or so. Somehow my story jumped up about 1,00 words on the word count. I guess I wrote somewhere and didn't remember. Maybe I did write some yesterday. I know I sat down to write, but I can't remember actually writing. I remember writing the new stuff too, I just can't remember when I did it. Oh well!! I'm a happy camper, and hey look! we're almost to the 20,000 marker!! How should I celebrate when I reach 20,000?
Better yet, how should I celebrate when I reach 25,000? I need a super celebration to look forward to for 100,000 too. Disneyland maybe?
19,481 words
Day 12
Day 12
The great chasm:
Unfortunately I didn't get to my computer in time to write on Day 12. However, I did spend some time thinking about my story. I was able to develop some new ideas and had some new realizations.
The day wasn't much good for numerical progress, but I most certainly evaluated the events that are coming.
Like the Day 12 entry as linked above, I am finding out more and more that I merely have veto power. I don't really try to control what's going on in the story, and that's creating havoc. Things I don't normally allow in my stories is happening (ie conflict!) and that's exciting.
18,459 words
The great chasm:
Unfortunately I didn't get to my computer in time to write on Day 12. However, I did spend some time thinking about my story. I was able to develop some new ideas and had some new realizations.
The day wasn't much good for numerical progress, but I most certainly evaluated the events that are coming.
Like the Day 12 entry as linked above, I am finding out more and more that I merely have veto power. I don't really try to control what's going on in the story, and that's creating havoc. Things I don't normally allow in my stories is happening (ie conflict!) and that's exciting.
18,459 words
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Day 11
Day 11
Honestly, I'm getting a little sick of the author of this website telling me I have to write what I know... I've already established that I don't want to do that. I want to write about something that no one knows. Which I guess means it's something only I know, but not because of real life experience, but because I just have it in my head.
So Daisy has still been exploring Jack's world. She dared enter this house that she fell in love with. She's been goldilocks-ing it for a little while. I don't know if she gets caught yet, it'd definitely be interesting if that happened. It'd be kinda nice for her to have contact with other people than just Jack, but that might mess up the dynamic. We'll have to see what happens.
Tonight was another "I really don't feel like writing" night. I forced myself to read the last couple paragraphs, and got really excited to start back up again. I actually have written more than I aimed to write, which is good.
Favorite line of the day: “Well si’down!” She shouted, probably a little too loud, considering their proximity.
Hahahaha!!! That line is hilarious... I love old people! They do the funniest things! That's too funny... I already like this character!
Oh, she got caught, but not by who I thought it would be.. haha!
I just discovered that the grandma is possibly my favorite character in my story. I'd like you to meet grandma Rose:
Someone was coming in to the front door! Daisy scrambled to find a place to hide, but wound up standing plain in the middle of the room. As the door opened wider, a little old woman stepped in through the doorway. She saw Daisy, paused, then went about her business. She closed the door behind her, moseyed in to the living room and took Daisy’s spot on the lounge.
“Well si’down!” She shouted, probably a little too loud, considering their proximity.
Here's part of the funny thing about Grandma Rose... she isn't supposed to be in these people's house either, haha!! She's such a comfortable intruder, it's hilarious. I think maybe she's a little senile... but super smart. Maybe she just plays dumb.
I definitely like her better than Jack and Daisy right now, although Daisy isn't so bad just now.
18,459 words
Honestly, I'm getting a little sick of the author of this website telling me I have to write what I know... I've already established that I don't want to do that. I want to write about something that no one knows. Which I guess means it's something only I know, but not because of real life experience, but because I just have it in my head.
So Daisy has still been exploring Jack's world. She dared enter this house that she fell in love with. She's been goldilocks-ing it for a little while. I don't know if she gets caught yet, it'd definitely be interesting if that happened. It'd be kinda nice for her to have contact with other people than just Jack, but that might mess up the dynamic. We'll have to see what happens.
Tonight was another "I really don't feel like writing" night. I forced myself to read the last couple paragraphs, and got really excited to start back up again. I actually have written more than I aimed to write, which is good.
Favorite line of the day: “Well si’down!” She shouted, probably a little too loud, considering their proximity.
Hahahaha!!! That line is hilarious... I love old people! They do the funniest things! That's too funny... I already like this character!
Oh, she got caught, but not by who I thought it would be.. haha!
I just discovered that the grandma is possibly my favorite character in my story. I'd like you to meet grandma Rose:
Someone was coming in to the front door! Daisy scrambled to find a place to hide, but wound up standing plain in the middle of the room. As the door opened wider, a little old woman stepped in through the doorway. She saw Daisy, paused, then went about her business. She closed the door behind her, moseyed in to the living room and took Daisy’s spot on the lounge.
“Well si’down!” She shouted, probably a little too loud, considering their proximity.
Here's part of the funny thing about Grandma Rose... she isn't supposed to be in these people's house either, haha!! She's such a comfortable intruder, it's hilarious. I think maybe she's a little senile... but super smart. Maybe she just plays dumb.
I definitely like her better than Jack and Daisy right now, although Daisy isn't so bad just now.
18,459 words
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Day 10
Day 10
This is a good post. I agree with not having to know something to write about. My friend was just corresponding with me about that. He said write about what you want to know. Then go study.
I honestly didn't write much today. I just forced myself to start writing a little, and was pleased to see that it was less of a chore than I thought it might be. I'm actually excited about this part because this is where I get to be super descriptive. Daisy is venturing out in Jack's world alone. There's a super cool reason why, but I'm still just trying to figure out how it's gonna backfire on her. You know it will.
I almost didn't even write tonight, but I figured why break my streak after ten days? I'm going strong, I want to keep going strong! So I'll at least try to write 100 words on days I don't feel like writing. That seems fair.
Well, honestly, it's time for me to pack up and hit the hay. I've been so tired.
Favorite line of the day: This (weeping willow) was her favorite tree because it was the only thing she could think of that was actually majestic in its gloom.
17,322 words
This is a good post. I agree with not having to know something to write about. My friend was just corresponding with me about that. He said write about what you want to know. Then go study.
I honestly didn't write much today. I just forced myself to start writing a little, and was pleased to see that it was less of a chore than I thought it might be. I'm actually excited about this part because this is where I get to be super descriptive. Daisy is venturing out in Jack's world alone. There's a super cool reason why, but I'm still just trying to figure out how it's gonna backfire on her. You know it will.
I almost didn't even write tonight, but I figured why break my streak after ten days? I'm going strong, I want to keep going strong! So I'll at least try to write 100 words on days I don't feel like writing. That seems fair.
Well, honestly, it's time for me to pack up and hit the hay. I've been so tired.
Favorite line of the day: This (weeping willow) was her favorite tree because it was the only thing she could think of that was actually majestic in its gloom.
17,322 words
Friday, July 30, 2010
Day 9
Day 9
It is usually my fashion to write random excerpts and try to link them all together. Trouble is, I never get around to linking them together. So far, in this story, I haven't really been writing those. I have things I want to be sure to include, but I just make little notes for later.
Boy, so it seems like I was tearing through this story, and now I've sort of come to a halt. I try to write a little bit each day, usually I try to get out at least 1,000 words. But it's tough.
I feel like I don't know what I want to have happen. I can't just have a bunch of small events, I need one large, overarching adventure to take place. I know the grand ending that I want, but I don't know how to make the story arrive there without segmenting it into a billion little parts.
I think today I will devote some time to just rereading the whole story and adding things where I feel the story could use some more detail.
Favorite line of the day: It sounded like the rustling of gift wrapping, but that might falsely indicate something pleasant.
16,530 words
It is usually my fashion to write random excerpts and try to link them all together. Trouble is, I never get around to linking them together. So far, in this story, I haven't really been writing those. I have things I want to be sure to include, but I just make little notes for later.
Boy, so it seems like I was tearing through this story, and now I've sort of come to a halt. I try to write a little bit each day, usually I try to get out at least 1,000 words. But it's tough.
I feel like I don't know what I want to have happen. I can't just have a bunch of small events, I need one large, overarching adventure to take place. I know the grand ending that I want, but I don't know how to make the story arrive there without segmenting it into a billion little parts.
I think today I will devote some time to just rereading the whole story and adding things where I feel the story could use some more detail.
Favorite line of the day: It sounded like the rustling of gift wrapping, but that might falsely indicate something pleasant.
16,530 words
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Day 8
Day 8
So I'm sorry, but I honestly just don't believe that you HAVE to write what you know. I think you can write about things that you've never experienced and come up with some of the most amazing stories. Sure, throw in some of your own experiences here or there. Your story has to have your finger prints on it, it doesn't have to have your DNA.
I thought about naming my story the other day. I have no idea what to call it. I figure I'll spend more time actually writing what happens in my story, and THEN name it. I'm sure something will present itself.
Favorite line of the day: The powdery dirt cracked beneath his finger tips with the guise of ancient emptiness.
16,198 words
So I'm sorry, but I honestly just don't believe that you HAVE to write what you know. I think you can write about things that you've never experienced and come up with some of the most amazing stories. Sure, throw in some of your own experiences here or there. Your story has to have your finger prints on it, it doesn't have to have your DNA.
I thought about naming my story the other day. I have no idea what to call it. I figure I'll spend more time actually writing what happens in my story, and THEN name it. I'm sure something will present itself.
Favorite line of the day: The powdery dirt cracked beneath his finger tips with the guise of ancient emptiness.
16,198 words
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Day 7
Day 7
Welp, that marks one week! I've managed to write everyday for a week, awesome.
I don't think my concept is too big, however, I AM having a bit of a hard time marrying two of the big things I want to do in my story. I'm working on it, but I just need a better reason for them to be related than they have now.
CELEBRATE!!! Can you say 15,000 words?! That's right!!! We now have over 15,000 words!! Woohoo!!!!!
Daisy and Jack are in a serious slump right now, and I'm hating it. Oh geez, yesterday, shoot, earlier today! they were soooo happy.
Things are seriously falling apart now. Poor Jack, he's seriously been through a lot. His character has way more anguish than Daisy's because she is shielding herself from everything she's actually going through.
Jack is so interesting, but he's kind of aging into a jerk. Hopefully his soul softens. I'm sure it will.
I love where Daisy has come to be. As a person, she's done a lot of growing. She's so much different than the start of the story. She's really developing into a character that I like a lot. I even admire her because she's overcoming some big things.
I feel like I always like one or the other better, Jack or Daisy. It's kind of like clutch and gas. I like one sooo much, and the other not at all. Then I like them kind of even, then opposite how I started out. It's really funny to see.
I realized a lapse is coming soon where Jack and Daisy don't see eachother again. Jack needs to grow up, and there's only one, kind of unfortunate way to bring that about. He's also kind of a prisoner to his situation, and that can only be remedied through a little tragedy. He'll be alright though, don't worry.
15,885 words
Welp, that marks one week! I've managed to write everyday for a week, awesome.
I don't think my concept is too big, however, I AM having a bit of a hard time marrying two of the big things I want to do in my story. I'm working on it, but I just need a better reason for them to be related than they have now.
CELEBRATE!!! Can you say 15,000 words?! That's right!!! We now have over 15,000 words!! Woohoo!!!!!
Daisy and Jack are in a serious slump right now, and I'm hating it. Oh geez, yesterday, shoot, earlier today! they were soooo happy.
Things are seriously falling apart now. Poor Jack, he's seriously been through a lot. His character has way more anguish than Daisy's because she is shielding herself from everything she's actually going through.
Jack is so interesting, but he's kind of aging into a jerk. Hopefully his soul softens. I'm sure it will.
I love where Daisy has come to be. As a person, she's done a lot of growing. She's so much different than the start of the story. She's really developing into a character that I like a lot. I even admire her because she's overcoming some big things.
I feel like I always like one or the other better, Jack or Daisy. It's kind of like clutch and gas. I like one sooo much, and the other not at all. Then I like them kind of even, then opposite how I started out. It's really funny to see.
I realized a lapse is coming soon where Jack and Daisy don't see eachother again. Jack needs to grow up, and there's only one, kind of unfortunate way to bring that about. He's also kind of a prisoner to his situation, and that can only be remedied through a little tragedy. He'll be alright though, don't worry.
15,885 words
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Day 6
Day 6
I can't honestly say I've ever read a book like mine. I don't really want to go break down someone else's work either because I feel like that would make me less confident in my own story. I just want to write my story how I want it to be. I reread it constantly, so I know it's something I enjoy reading, and I feel like other people would too.
That's why it's so important that I just get it finished. If I have something written down, start to finish, that'll be more than anything else I've ever created. Then I can go back and tweak it how I'd like it.
I'm having a really fun time today because now Jack and Daisy are in Jack's world (ie the real world) and Daisy is experiencing hunger, time, and color. She's taking it surprisingly well. She must have knowledge of most of this stuff somewhere in the back of her head... hint, hint!
I like Jack's world. It's quaint and small. It reminds me of Claremont colleges mixed with stereotypical picket-fence America. It's super neat.
They're on their way somewhere really cool right now, and it's not really cool just innately, but it's really cool because it's Daisy's first night (ever) and it's really memorable. She doesn't have night in her world because time doesn't actually elapse.
That was a hard thing because I was struggling with how to mature Daisy at the same rate as Jack. She was still 12, and Jack was 18 maturity wise. I devised a clever way based alot on Daisy's thought processes on her trip into Jack's world.
She is finally caught up. . . mostly. :]
13,096 words
Favorite line of the day: (I couldn't pick, they go together!!!) Each house was now represented by one or a few lights. They combined to create a starry sky on the ground.
Still, my all time favorite line of the whole story is this one: She (Daisy) tried to be very quiet, but the dying daffodils whispered about her every move as a final announcement of their hatred for their sworn rival--daisies.
So I really like to ask questions in my story as I'm writing the text. The questions are meant to stay. I feel like they help the reader see things from the vantage point of the writer better. The writer (that's me!) doesn't know everything, but is watching it unfold as it happens. The questions kind of act as a chorus, so to speak. They voice the things the readers should be thinking.
Example time!
“Please, Daisy, please.” He pleaded. Daisy looked into Jack’s face and saw how grief stricken he was.
“Okay, Jack. It’ll be okay.” Had she gotten better at consoling? Maybe just consoling Jack specifically.
14,708 words
I can't honestly say I've ever read a book like mine. I don't really want to go break down someone else's work either because I feel like that would make me less confident in my own story. I just want to write my story how I want it to be. I reread it constantly, so I know it's something I enjoy reading, and I feel like other people would too.
That's why it's so important that I just get it finished. If I have something written down, start to finish, that'll be more than anything else I've ever created. Then I can go back and tweak it how I'd like it.
I'm having a really fun time today because now Jack and Daisy are in Jack's world (ie the real world) and Daisy is experiencing hunger, time, and color. She's taking it surprisingly well. She must have knowledge of most of this stuff somewhere in the back of her head... hint, hint!
I like Jack's world. It's quaint and small. It reminds me of Claremont colleges mixed with stereotypical picket-fence America. It's super neat.
They're on their way somewhere really cool right now, and it's not really cool just innately, but it's really cool because it's Daisy's first night (ever) and it's really memorable. She doesn't have night in her world because time doesn't actually elapse.
That was a hard thing because I was struggling with how to mature Daisy at the same rate as Jack. She was still 12, and Jack was 18 maturity wise. I devised a clever way based alot on Daisy's thought processes on her trip into Jack's world.
She is finally caught up. . . mostly. :]
13,096 words
Favorite line of the day: (I couldn't pick, they go together!!!) Each house was now represented by one or a few lights. They combined to create a starry sky on the ground.
Still, my all time favorite line of the whole story is this one: She (Daisy) tried to be very quiet, but the dying daffodils whispered about her every move as a final announcement of their hatred for their sworn rival--daisies.
So I really like to ask questions in my story as I'm writing the text. The questions are meant to stay. I feel like they help the reader see things from the vantage point of the writer better. The writer (that's me!) doesn't know everything, but is watching it unfold as it happens. The questions kind of act as a chorus, so to speak. They voice the things the readers should be thinking.
Example time!
“Please, Daisy, please.” He pleaded. Daisy looked into Jack’s face and saw how grief stricken he was.
“Okay, Jack. It’ll be okay.” Had she gotten better at consoling? Maybe just consoling Jack specifically.
14,708 words
Monday, July 26, 2010
Day 5
Day 5
I hope I'm not boring my readers...
7,708 words
While reading one of my friends' websites about writing, I was interested by something he said in a post about what editors look for. An editor himself, i was soaking up every word he wrote. He said "The first thing I look for is a good first line." I found this interesting, and I immediately went back and checked on my first line. I have a few favorite lines from my story, and the first line was one of them.
It was a line that struck me while I was just perusing the internet with no purpose. I wrote this line down for posterity's sake, and lo and behold, it turned out being the beginning to my novel. It's not my favorite because it is innately fabulous. One or two other lines in my story top this one. But I like it because it was what started the story, and I felt like it was a pretty good start.
I always look forward to those few lines in my story every time I re-read what I've written so far. So, drumroll please, here is my first line.
"The grey shade of the drooping daisies was engulfing as fog as Daisy Delight sauntered through the flat field - alone."
I like this line because, already from one sentence you can tell that, wherever she is, she obviously doesn't belong. What do you think of it?
**********************************
Stepping into someone else's shoes is difficult. Stepping into someone else's world, abandoning your own for all intents and purposes, that's heroic. It's the symbol of love and sacrifice.
Daisy has left her world, people. It's gonna be intense! I don't know if she can get back to her own world yet, or is she and Jack are gonna be able to end up together. It'll be interesting to find out.
I hope it can work out. We'll see.
I really watch the story unfold as it happens, and I just write it. If I feel like a section isn't detailed enough, I re-read it and then close my eyes on the parts I want more detail on. I just watch it as it happens, it's a neat way to write, really.
9,826 words
Favorite line of the day: Daisy stood, hands still clasped in a dainty arrangement.
Amazing... Daisy just spent some time in Jack's world and changed. She's only been there a couple minutes, but it aged her to catch up with Jack. She's where she should be. Well, for as much as someone with her issues can be. Hehe.
I like Daisy so much better already!
Jack had started to kind of annoy me in the start of the story, but he went back to his world and aged properly. When he came back, he was so much cooler.
Guess who's world is healthier?
Daisy is so awesome! I am happy I like her again.
CELEBRATE!!! We just broke the 10,000 word point!!!! 10% done!!!! Yay!!!!!
I hope I'm not boring my readers...
7,708 words
While reading one of my friends' websites about writing, I was interested by something he said in a post about what editors look for. An editor himself, i was soaking up every word he wrote. He said "The first thing I look for is a good first line." I found this interesting, and I immediately went back and checked on my first line. I have a few favorite lines from my story, and the first line was one of them.
It was a line that struck me while I was just perusing the internet with no purpose. I wrote this line down for posterity's sake, and lo and behold, it turned out being the beginning to my novel. It's not my favorite because it is innately fabulous. One or two other lines in my story top this one. But I like it because it was what started the story, and I felt like it was a pretty good start.
I always look forward to those few lines in my story every time I re-read what I've written so far. So, drumroll please, here is my first line.
"The grey shade of the drooping daisies was engulfing as fog as Daisy Delight sauntered through the flat field - alone."
I like this line because, already from one sentence you can tell that, wherever she is, she obviously doesn't belong. What do you think of it?
**********************************
Stepping into someone else's shoes is difficult. Stepping into someone else's world, abandoning your own for all intents and purposes, that's heroic. It's the symbol of love and sacrifice.
Daisy has left her world, people. It's gonna be intense! I don't know if she can get back to her own world yet, or is she and Jack are gonna be able to end up together. It'll be interesting to find out.
I hope it can work out. We'll see.
I really watch the story unfold as it happens, and I just write it. If I feel like a section isn't detailed enough, I re-read it and then close my eyes on the parts I want more detail on. I just watch it as it happens, it's a neat way to write, really.
9,826 words
Favorite line of the day: Daisy stood, hands still clasped in a dainty arrangement.
Amazing... Daisy just spent some time in Jack's world and changed. She's only been there a couple minutes, but it aged her to catch up with Jack. She's where she should be. Well, for as much as someone with her issues can be. Hehe.
I like Daisy so much better already!
Jack had started to kind of annoy me in the start of the story, but he went back to his world and aged properly. When he came back, he was so much cooler.
Guess who's world is healthier?
Daisy is so awesome! I am happy I like her again.
CELEBRATE!!! We just broke the 10,000 word point!!!! 10% done!!!! Yay!!!!!
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Day 4
Day 4
I must admit, I'm not really sure how my story has much to do with anything around me. The story isn't actually about what it seems. It's got dark undertones, and it deals with a lot more than is ever described literally.
I'm having a fun time writing about it though, because everything takes place in an imagination. This is part of the reason that time isn't real, which makes my life a lot easier.
Because I get irritated with my characters so quickly, I'm happy that time isn't real. They are able to progress at breakneck speeds in an absolutely natural way. It isn't questionable because time doesn't play a role in the story. Readers won't even question it.
7,199 words
I must admit, I'm not really sure how my story has much to do with anything around me. The story isn't actually about what it seems. It's got dark undertones, and it deals with a lot more than is ever described literally.
I'm having a fun time writing about it though, because everything takes place in an imagination. This is part of the reason that time isn't real, which makes my life a lot easier.
Because I get irritated with my characters so quickly, I'm happy that time isn't real. They are able to progress at breakneck speeds in an absolutely natural way. It isn't questionable because time doesn't play a role in the story. Readers won't even question it.
7,199 words
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Day 3
Day 3
So you might be thinking to yourself, hey, she can't even keep herself motivated to write her story. Why is she gonna start a blog to have to keep up too?
Well folks, plain and simple: accountability. If I have to write everyday in order to keep up my blog, then that's what I'll do.
You will likely come to find how disappointing this blog is, because I won't actually post the story up here. I may post excerpts from time to time, but the whole story will not be posted.
This is a place for me to hash out the details in my head, share a little about my writing tactics, and keep myself on track.
This goal might not seem to lofty, but in actuality, it will become that way over time. Right now, I'm on summer vacation. No work, no school. But in September, I start student teaching and go back to my full-time credentialing program.
Thus arose the need for some way to keep me motivated. Something to keep me going. I came up with the idea for a blog because I have so many things I want to make sure I add in, so many great ways to keep motivated I've thought of, and a place to empty my mind to help clear it up to see what's happening in my story.
So you guys are tuning in on day 3. I decided on 100 days because I found this website when looking for ways to keep motivated. This website is posted at the top of my story to make sure I check it everyday.
On day 1, I wrote roughly 5,000 words! What a great day for writing!
I am currently up to 6,753 words as of this moment.
Ding! Time for things I've learned about my writing style:
I used to hate thinking about my stories when I didn't have a laptop in front of me. I didn't want to forget to add things, so I would only think about my stories while writing, and I would push them out of my head when I wasn't writing.
Since I started this story, I've just let myself think about the story. This helps because it really creates a world rather than a story. There's so much about their world that doesn't get written, that it makes it more realistic in the long run. You'll never be able to write everything you know about something real. This is how it should be in stories too.
I spend a lot of my time going back and adding things in. At first, I thought this was a bad thing. Shouldn't we just write to bulk up the word count and ignore our flaws until we go back through later?
No.
When I started my story, I knew my characters just about as well my readers will the first time they crack open the cover against the stubborn spine and are introduced to Daisy and Jack.
As I get to know my characters better, I flesh them out and develop their flaws and features. I want to make sure they aren't doing things that are out of character.
It's a lot easier to rectify these gaps in continuity before I've written the whole book on the pretense of inaccuracies too.
The better I know my characters, the better I am able to say, "Yeah, they would do this," or, "No, they wouldn't have done that."
It makes them more real, and helps you readers to actually believe them better.
Conflict - I have always had the most struggle with this element. I don't like conflict in real life, books and movies I take the time to engage with, and in my own stories. I have a hard time creating it, because I don't like when bad things happen. This story is great because it starts out with a problem. Good strategy for writers whose favorite movie is Napoleon Dynamite.
I have always, always, ALWAYS struggled with the likability of my characters. I start out writing a story and love my characters. After about 10 pages, I realize how irritating they are, and usually don't write on the story again. I am working on trying to embrace the irritating things about characters, but honestly, an ideal story for me to write would have included the main characters dying off at the end of each chapter, and new ones emerging.
This was a problem. In my story, however, time is less of a tangible thing, and more of a feeling. It works out great because my characters rapidly progress, and I am able to mature them past their irritating character traits. They are still the same person, but they are more experienced and have more control over themselves.
I watch a lot of the show Doctor Who, and the episode with Madame De Pompadour gave me the idea for an element that I have incorporated into the story.
One of my characters starts out very childish and playful. He exits the world and returns much more mature. Because descriptions are vague, I don't have to deal with his physical appearance changing. That's not the important part of the story, and it doesn't change much. There are a few physical descriptions, and there will be more as the story progresses, but for now they are unnecessary, which works in my favor.
So now, for the part we've all been waiting for, I will post an excerpt from my story.
At this point in the story, Jack has just stumbled into Daisy's world, and he took her to show her something with a fervent excitement.
Hope you enjoy!
When they were almost to their destination, Jack took Daisy’s hand, despite her reluctance, and ducked beneath the branches hanging above. He pulled her along through the foliage. Suddenly he burst through the trees into a clearing. There was a large, chalky cliff to the right, and an empty river bed at the bottom. Daisy pulled her hand away and clasped it in her other.
“This is why you were excited?” Daisy said flatly. Jack looked about, confused.
“Well, where’d it go? It was so beautiful when I first got here.” Jack contemplated to himself.
“How long have you been here?” Daisy asked.
“Not long, but there was this amazing waterfall! It was stunning. It couldn’t have been longer ago than yesterday…”
“Things like that disappear after storms.” Daisy said matter-of-factly. She chose her wording wisely. He didn’t need to know about the tornadoes, the havoc. She did enjoy finally being the one who knew something.
“But it was just here,” Jack touched the dry river bed. The powdery dirt cracked beneath his finger tips with the guise of ancient emptiness. It was as though the waterfall had never existed. Daisy shrugged. “I told you,” she said. She walked to the cliff wall and put a hand on it. She stared up the long distance above to the top of the cliff.
“I wonder what’s up there,” Daisy asked.
“I know what used to be up there, what’s up there sometimes, but if this is how it goes, who knows what happened to all that?” Jack said. He was upset. He pushed his palm into the river bed, unwilling to accept that the water was gone. Daisy walked over to him and hesitantly patted his shoulder with a comforting hand on his shoulder, crouching to his level.
“I- I’m sorry it’s not what you remember, Jack. You’ll get used to it,” Daisy stammered awkwardly. She wasn’t used to being this way. Not talking to people, and certainly not consoling them.
Jack looked into Daisy’s eyes. “How do you deal with it?” Jack looked as though he could cry.
“It’s just a waterfall, Jack.”
“How long have you been here then?” Jack asked, collapsing to sitting on the dirt.
“Well, forever, I guess,” Daisy contemplated. “I don’t remember not being here. It used to be so different, but it was always here.”
“So I guess I really am the intruder, huh?” Jack sulked a little, but his face brightened after a moment. “At least neither of us is alone here.” Daisy wasn’t sure yet that this was her preference too.
“I wasn’t doing so bad…” Daisy trailed off.
“You’d never seen the color blue. How can you be doing great?”
“Color?” Daisy asked.
“Colors… most things here don’t have color. Like, my eyes are blue, the daisies were white and yellow. That’s it, that I’ve seen. When I got here the river was green with trees and the water was blue, too.” Jack said, assuming his role as the more knowledgeable one again.
“Oh, is that what they’re called?” Daisy asked. The house must be colors then.
“Yeah. But it’s boring here, nothing is colorful. It could be so beautiful here.” Jack seemed distant in thought. “The place I came from had so many different colors! Yellow buses and blue sky. Not like here at all. I don’t understand where all the color is.”
So you might be thinking to yourself, hey, she can't even keep herself motivated to write her story. Why is she gonna start a blog to have to keep up too?
Well folks, plain and simple: accountability. If I have to write everyday in order to keep up my blog, then that's what I'll do.
You will likely come to find how disappointing this blog is, because I won't actually post the story up here. I may post excerpts from time to time, but the whole story will not be posted.
This is a place for me to hash out the details in my head, share a little about my writing tactics, and keep myself on track.
This goal might not seem to lofty, but in actuality, it will become that way over time. Right now, I'm on summer vacation. No work, no school. But in September, I start student teaching and go back to my full-time credentialing program.
Thus arose the need for some way to keep me motivated. Something to keep me going. I came up with the idea for a blog because I have so many things I want to make sure I add in, so many great ways to keep motivated I've thought of, and a place to empty my mind to help clear it up to see what's happening in my story.
So you guys are tuning in on day 3. I decided on 100 days because I found this website when looking for ways to keep motivated. This website is posted at the top of my story to make sure I check it everyday.
On day 1, I wrote roughly 5,000 words! What a great day for writing!
I am currently up to 6,753 words as of this moment.
Ding! Time for things I've learned about my writing style:
I used to hate thinking about my stories when I didn't have a laptop in front of me. I didn't want to forget to add things, so I would only think about my stories while writing, and I would push them out of my head when I wasn't writing.
Since I started this story, I've just let myself think about the story. This helps because it really creates a world rather than a story. There's so much about their world that doesn't get written, that it makes it more realistic in the long run. You'll never be able to write everything you know about something real. This is how it should be in stories too.
I spend a lot of my time going back and adding things in. At first, I thought this was a bad thing. Shouldn't we just write to bulk up the word count and ignore our flaws until we go back through later?
No.
When I started my story, I knew my characters just about as well my readers will the first time they crack open the cover against the stubborn spine and are introduced to Daisy and Jack.
As I get to know my characters better, I flesh them out and develop their flaws and features. I want to make sure they aren't doing things that are out of character.
It's a lot easier to rectify these gaps in continuity before I've written the whole book on the pretense of inaccuracies too.
The better I know my characters, the better I am able to say, "Yeah, they would do this," or, "No, they wouldn't have done that."
It makes them more real, and helps you readers to actually believe them better.
Conflict - I have always had the most struggle with this element. I don't like conflict in real life, books and movies I take the time to engage with, and in my own stories. I have a hard time creating it, because I don't like when bad things happen. This story is great because it starts out with a problem. Good strategy for writers whose favorite movie is Napoleon Dynamite.
I have always, always, ALWAYS struggled with the likability of my characters. I start out writing a story and love my characters. After about 10 pages, I realize how irritating they are, and usually don't write on the story again. I am working on trying to embrace the irritating things about characters, but honestly, an ideal story for me to write would have included the main characters dying off at the end of each chapter, and new ones emerging.
This was a problem. In my story, however, time is less of a tangible thing, and more of a feeling. It works out great because my characters rapidly progress, and I am able to mature them past their irritating character traits. They are still the same person, but they are more experienced and have more control over themselves.
I watch a lot of the show Doctor Who, and the episode with Madame De Pompadour gave me the idea for an element that I have incorporated into the story.
One of my characters starts out very childish and playful. He exits the world and returns much more mature. Because descriptions are vague, I don't have to deal with his physical appearance changing. That's not the important part of the story, and it doesn't change much. There are a few physical descriptions, and there will be more as the story progresses, but for now they are unnecessary, which works in my favor.
So now, for the part we've all been waiting for, I will post an excerpt from my story.
At this point in the story, Jack has just stumbled into Daisy's world, and he took her to show her something with a fervent excitement.
Hope you enjoy!
When they were almost to their destination, Jack took Daisy’s hand, despite her reluctance, and ducked beneath the branches hanging above. He pulled her along through the foliage. Suddenly he burst through the trees into a clearing. There was a large, chalky cliff to the right, and an empty river bed at the bottom. Daisy pulled her hand away and clasped it in her other.
“This is why you were excited?” Daisy said flatly. Jack looked about, confused.
“Well, where’d it go? It was so beautiful when I first got here.” Jack contemplated to himself.
“How long have you been here?” Daisy asked.
“Not long, but there was this amazing waterfall! It was stunning. It couldn’t have been longer ago than yesterday…”
“Things like that disappear after storms.” Daisy said matter-of-factly. She chose her wording wisely. He didn’t need to know about the tornadoes, the havoc. She did enjoy finally being the one who knew something.
“But it was just here,” Jack touched the dry river bed. The powdery dirt cracked beneath his finger tips with the guise of ancient emptiness. It was as though the waterfall had never existed. Daisy shrugged. “I told you,” she said. She walked to the cliff wall and put a hand on it. She stared up the long distance above to the top of the cliff.
“I wonder what’s up there,” Daisy asked.
“I know what used to be up there, what’s up there sometimes, but if this is how it goes, who knows what happened to all that?” Jack said. He was upset. He pushed his palm into the river bed, unwilling to accept that the water was gone. Daisy walked over to him and hesitantly patted his shoulder with a comforting hand on his shoulder, crouching to his level.
“I- I’m sorry it’s not what you remember, Jack. You’ll get used to it,” Daisy stammered awkwardly. She wasn’t used to being this way. Not talking to people, and certainly not consoling them.
Jack looked into Daisy’s eyes. “How do you deal with it?” Jack looked as though he could cry.
“It’s just a waterfall, Jack.”
“How long have you been here then?” Jack asked, collapsing to sitting on the dirt.
“Well, forever, I guess,” Daisy contemplated. “I don’t remember not being here. It used to be so different, but it was always here.”
“So I guess I really am the intruder, huh?” Jack sulked a little, but his face brightened after a moment. “At least neither of us is alone here.” Daisy wasn’t sure yet that this was her preference too.
“I wasn’t doing so bad…” Daisy trailed off.
“You’d never seen the color blue. How can you be doing great?”
“Color?” Daisy asked.
“Colors… most things here don’t have color. Like, my eyes are blue, the daisies were white and yellow. That’s it, that I’ve seen. When I got here the river was green with trees and the water was blue, too.” Jack said, assuming his role as the more knowledgeable one again.
“Oh, is that what they’re called?” Daisy asked. The house must be colors then.
“Yeah. But it’s boring here, nothing is colorful. It could be so beautiful here.” Jack seemed distant in thought. “The place I came from had so many different colors! Yellow buses and blue sky. Not like here at all. I don’t understand where all the color is.”
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