DaveTheAnalyzer

I went to that writer group like I said I would. There were three other people beside me and we went over Horror and its do’s and don’ts. There was an issue about covering a certain subject I disputed but the meeting in general was fine and I plan to clarify the issue at the next meeting. I often raised my hand to speak up on my views and writing advice. It was a bit of a challenge not to talk too much, an issue I have with a lot of in-person meetings. I want to say all my observations and ideas. I read a bit of my small chapter of We Will Hold On Forever, since I was already doing original fiction for classes (Yes, I know another perspective is valuable but I wasn’t interested in that at the moment). I explained a bit of The Land Before Time context before going in. It is writing that is two years old and I have developed a bit since then, so I was unsure about it, but though there were a few quibbles, the reception was good. One woman said the dialogue was realistic, which was wild to me, since I was merely imitating the talking style of these cartoon antagonists as best as I could. That was flattering to hear. I’ll continue going, to see if it will help in being social and being in contact with more people.

In other news, I found using a private window to prevent distraction while writing fanfiction wasn’t working. I mainly keep it open so as to listen to calming music but since that leaves me vulnerable to browse around to avoid writing, I decided to download the videos with calming music, close out the browser, and put the computer in airplane mode. I did begin to look around on my phone while I wrote the first day but that has barely popped up since. I’m making a page or two more progress than I did before. Not as much as I’d like but its progress. I don’t know if I will make posting the next chapters of We Will Hold On Forever before the end of December but we will shall see.

In education news, it’s soon time for me to write and post yet another short essay. This is about memoirs and about how accurate to be to reality. It’s a bit of a shorter timeframe than I remember with the first essay but I believe I can make it. I believe in being true, but memory is unreliable and subjective views can be useful for historical and group perspectives. Tracking down objective truth can be a challenge, since societal norms can make certain things “objective truth,” only later to be proven wrong. Ah well, I’ll see how that goes when I do the essay. I also have another book with a ton of pages to read. Don’t quote me on it, but I might skip some tumblr sessions in the days to come to make room for reading them.

That’s all for now. I’m taking the day off from some of my usual habits because it’s Halloween, though because of weather and other matters, trick or treating won’t happen until a day or two later. Until the end of November, see you!