DaveTheAnalyzer

Another month has gone by and I’m in the thick of schoolwork. Writing Portfolio goes at the usual slow pace. The bright side of having to take it again is that I could test-drive a revision of an idea I showed the class for the first few semesters. I got informative feedback and am in the middle of the second draft, revising a series of events with one route, though I’m considering how it was first done as an option – I could come up with a reason for the odd scenario that was in the first draft, as it would keep the main character close with another but it does mean she mightn’t interact with one character who will become her best friend. Of course, I could have those interactions before or after those scenes. I didn’t plot the story yet, so I’m not sure, but it’s an interesting conundrum I might bring up in the notes of my revised piece.

My Seminar in Nonfiction class is where the bulk of the work comes from. I have gotten the hand of the reading and pacing, though there is a slight bulge coming for October, as I have to submit another item for workshop and submit an essay by the middle of next month. Since I started work on the essay last week, I decided to kill two birds with one stone: to submit a work I already wrote a while ago and take advantage of the professor saying fiction that leans on the realistic side could be submitted to the class, just to see how nonfiction people would critique it. That will be interesting and I would have one less project to have to devote writing time to. I hope I can keep up with the writing and posting in the months ahead.

In the meantime, I’m done composing thoughts about feedback to We Will Hold On Forever. I was slow again, easily distracted but one night last week where I kept distractions to a minimum, I got a lot done and was even getting into starting rewriting the chapters. I hope I fleshed out the many scenes enough that they would be interesting and fulfilled. I don’t know if I will make the posting time I put myself for next month or November but I will see. This might be another broken promise but I should try for the umpteenth time not to get distracted and keep my focus to writing the fanfics. I have missed around seven days from sleeping around the clock and deciding I need a break, so I decided that once every other week when I’m taking a break from Tumblr, I’ll pick one day where I double up on writing the story to catch up and won’t occupy too much of those free weeks. Though that might have to wait, since again there is a lot of classwork I need to get through.

I’m thinking about some social matters. Last year, I went to a writing club where people read out their work and are given feedback and the person in charge sometimes covered parts of publishing. It was recommended by a caseworker whose wife was in charge of it. I decided it wasn’t for me. But in the year sense, when I became more gradually aware of my tendency to veer away from social situations and not talk to anyone much, I wonder if I should give it another shot. I wonder if I’m lonely and this little social contact is good for my health. I have tried to engage online more but I always slide back to observing, as I’m busy with other habits and schoolwork, and nervous about screwing something up. Maybe next month I can see if I can go to that writing group again and if it fits me, maybe stay for the long term. It is only once a month, not that far of a drive, so it wouldn’t be too much of a hindrance, I hope. I’ll have to see if it has any effect on my social skills.

That’s all for now. Until the time Halloween comes around, see you!