Okay, so I have sort of fallen off the horse of blog updating – it was a good tool in the beginning, but as my writing spread out across multiple avenues (notebooks, mainly), it became more difficult to press on. An excuse, I know. But I’m still on target, though the quality of what I have written has declined significantly since I ran out of outline (I didn’t run out so much as drift away). I suspect this is okay, as a lot of the drivel I’ve produced over the past two weeks will have some good ideas embedded within it. And okay, when did I forget how to actually write about things that happen? Everything is so expository and dialogue (did you know North American English dictates that I spell this without the “ue”? I had no idea. Thanks, spell checker!) and meaningful action.
Anyhow, I am here to tell you for these last few days of writing, I will attempt to recommit to this. Takeaways from this years NanoWriMo: it’s really not that arduous to sit down and write every evening. And while I haven’t been as precise and meticulous about it the last two weeks, it’s still not dragging me down. I still get to do what I want after. And if I feel like writing longer, I can do that too. Amazing. Why don’t they teach that in grad school?
Also, I shall be transitioning back to infrequently written movie reviews. I just saw “Paths of Glory”, “House” and “The Secret in their Eyes” in the last week, and they’re all great and deserve prostelytization.
