Timewaster's Guide Archive

I hate Daniel Radcliffe's hair! Not only is it just plain ugly, but it is very un-Harry Potter-like. It looks like someone stuck a bowl on his head and clipped around it. Crabbe or Goyle was supposed to have that haircut--not "hair all over the place" Harry Potter.

It's a small detail, but it makes me grumpy. Or maybe it's the lack of sleep. Either way, I hate his hair.

Congratulations on finishing the project!!! It sounds like you made it as good as it can be, with the art and the printing and everything. I'll definitely be picking up a copy in the near future.  

says, "Man, you ate my hot gothic love interest! Now I'm going to have to..."

I taped it. I was exhausted and went to bed. Once I watch it, I'll let you know what I think.

The fact that it's going to finish in 11 weeks definitely attracts me. I love Lost, but waiting for the whole story is killing me.

Term Exams are over, I have a 5 day weekend in which I have no responsibilities, and I've hit a total brick wall. I have no inspiration whatsoever.   I've gotten up to 16,000, and the story feels like it's almost finished. I'm not sure I'll be able to go through with the rest of the story, much less show it to people.

That was my problem on Sunday--I started thinking too much about my story and became convinced that it was horrible and I should give up because it would never be worth reading. I talked about it with MsFish and she pointed out that this was "the middle of the book blues." When the story is no longer new and exciting and the writing is starting to get tough, it's easy to get discouraged.

This is what I ended up having to say to myself (maybe it will help you): Don't write for anyone but yourself. Don't worry about it being bad. Just let it be awful. You can always go back later and fix it. The important thing is to Not Stop Writing.

Unfortunately, my "middle of the book blues" seriously set me back. But, as long as I keep writing, I'm proud of myself.

As far as your story being over, you can always add conflict. That's whatever I do when I'm starting to get bored. Think of something that would annoy or challenge my characters, and make it happen.

So don't give up! Hope this helps.

Back on track. I'm at like 17,500. My goal is to reach 25,000 by Nov. 15--the halfway point halfway through the month. That means I'm going to have to push myself a couple days, but I can do it.

I'm finding NaNoWriMo challenging but fun. How's everybody else doing?

Does that mean you eat the corpses? Eww...

I finished both The Beatrice Letters and The End. Glad that my theory of Beatrice being the Baudelaires' mother proved true, but a little annoyed at all the other mysteries left unanswered.

But I'm glad the second Beatrice was explained. Though, I have no idea why Lemony Snicket would be avoiding her like he appears to have done (from her letters), unless he thought it was a false Beatrice Baudelaire--one of his enemies trying to catch him. If he knew who she really was--his sister's child--I think he would want to talk to her.

I guess that's just another thing that will never be explained.