Quotes on Writing and Life: Celeste's reflections

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Saturday, October 30, 2004

About two hundred and fifty words to go

and I am caught up and ready to begin for today. I promised my self to get done first thing this morning before doing anything else. WELL, I did make coffee and let the dogs out and say good morning to my son before he decided to go back to bed for a while. But that's all. Whoops, I need a refill on... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, October 29, 2004

Fifteen hundred words to type.

And I don't think I will make it today. I just got too late of a start, and I am so tired. I will need to get up and finish in the morning. I need to try to get a lot of writing done tomorrow. Sign in to see full entry.

Criticism?

I have learned to put negative critique in a drawer for a very long time. When I take it out again, dusty with the weeks of waiting, I find it much easier to sort out the applicable criticism from what is simply a differing of taste or opinion. If I don't take the distance of time, criticism risks... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, October 28, 2004

one thousand, four hundred and seventy five words

That's the goal. And I only have about two hundre left to write. I am so very very very thankful. This is really sad when I start repeating words more for word count than emphasis. Oh well. I guess I can have mercy on myself. Writing so many words per day is really tough. I really have to find a... Sign in to see full entry.

Three more days after today,

and then I can drop my word count. I wonder if I will even try for level three. Maybe after I have had a break from the high word counts. I think I need a better system for writing this stuff. Or more direction in my writing. Maybe some projects that I can work on. Why is it so hard to write a lot... Sign in to see full entry.

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