Lately I've been reading a lot of books. I finally finished The Time Traveler's Wife and Bran Hambric. Two books I started about mid last year... And then I read Shiver in about 3 days. Now my plan is start reading Beastly, followed by Wuthering Heights.
I was thinking about why I've been doing so much reading and I realized it's because I need to stop thinking about my stories. I need to get caught up in a world that's not created or altered by myself and just go with it. Granted, I love my characters, but sometimes I just need to get away. Haha.
Plus I find that buying books is one of the things I go and do when I'm upset. It has the same effect as chocolate or ice cream. Well actually, not so much ice cream anymore, but that's another story.
The only thing is I'm running out of space for my books. Between text books, manga, and regular books there is virtually no space in my room for it. I think it's time I finally get a bookshelf/shelves.
So I'm off to go put a band aid on and maybe start some of Beastly. See ya~
Monday, March 29, 2010
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Sky's Content - End of Part 1
So my last blog about Sky's Content was right after chapter 12, the "Time to Wake Up" chapter. I thought I'd do another blog explaining all the chapters since then, and little extra things that I thought would be interesting to know.
Alright, chapter 13 "Rainy Days". When I started this chapter, I originally wanted to put it on the end of chapter 12 instead of the doing the BBQ. But then as I was writing it, I realized it was going to be much longer than I anticipated. Thus, I decided to expand it to one full chapter.
I knew that Shikamaru and Yuri needed to go through their first 'fight'. And I thought Yuri's extreme clingyness was probably a good excuse for it. I tried to concentrate on how the fight brought them closer. I purposely mirrored the actions before and after the fight just show how quickly they could over the 'small' things. I say 'small' because even though Yuri has an extreme breakdown, neither of them is really phased by it afterwards.
Chapter 14, like many chapters sort of came out of nowhere. I didn't want Yuri's uncle to be just a small side character; I wanted him to be someone who pushes her to be a better a person. Sort of like a proper father in the absence of Suisen. Not to mention, Ryu is actually going to have a significant part in the latter half of Part 2, so I couldn't just introduce him all half assed.
Also, I feel like I need to point out the fact that Shikamaru willingly goes along with Ryu for most of the chapter. Shikamaru and Ryu actually get along pretty well, despite their first meeting. This of course, will be expanded upon when Ryu returns in about 8 or so chapters.
And now chapter 15. I had all of Shikamaru's point of view done and written with the full intention of Yuri saying yes to him. She was originally going to stay in Kohona and I had the rest of the story all planned. I was so used to the idea that Yuri would say yes to him, just for fun I thought of 'What if she said no?' Then I got inspired and ideas just started to come in bulk, making the plot about 10000x more better.
And although the plot was so much better, It honestly really upset me that the end of part 1 went the way it did. Especially having to go through Yuri's point of view in which she is so feeling oriented. If I remember correctly I cried as I was writing it out T_T Gaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh
And making chapter 15 the end of part 1 was sort of a last minute decision. I just really wanted part 2 to be able to sort of stand on its own. Sort of reinventing how Shikamaru and Yuri meet and how they get back to together. Before, I had it stuck in my head that they were this unbreakable item and it honestly made the story lose part of it's luster. But now that they were broken up this whole world of different possibilities emerged and I couldn't really continue straight from part 1.
Lastly! The beginning of part 2: chapter 16. I had such a reluctance to write chapter 16, even though it had been planned out for months. (Even before I finished chapter 15.) Just the idea of having to write Yuri in a world without Shikamaru was so abhorring. Then I started writing it with my new absolution of writing in third person and it just didn't come out right at all. It felt so forced; so I redid it all in Yuri's perspective and it just flowed so much easier.
Stylistically this chapter took FOREVER because I was just trying to concentrate so hard on the things about Yuri that were different. For example, the way she thinks now is completely different; she controls her thoughts to the point where it's almost brainwashing. For the majority of the chapter Shikamaru's name alone is so taboo to her it sends chills up her spine. That is until she sees him and all goes to hell, lol.
So now on 17, I still need to concentrate on the fact that Yuri is trying to control the thoughts of Shikamaru... And how she's horribly failing. :p That's all for spoilers.
Alright, I'm going to bed...
P.S. You might be wondering if Ryu has such an important part in part 2, how did I know that before part 2 even existed. The latter half of part 2 was what I was originally planning on writing, it just got pushed back to AFTER they got back together :)
P.P.S. Oh damn, I just spoiled that Shikamaru and Yuri get back together! Well... it's sort of obvious anyways. Haha.
Ok. Night.
Alright, chapter 13 "Rainy Days". When I started this chapter, I originally wanted to put it on the end of chapter 12 instead of the doing the BBQ. But then as I was writing it, I realized it was going to be much longer than I anticipated. Thus, I decided to expand it to one full chapter.
I knew that Shikamaru and Yuri needed to go through their first 'fight'. And I thought Yuri's extreme clingyness was probably a good excuse for it. I tried to concentrate on how the fight brought them closer. I purposely mirrored the actions before and after the fight just show how quickly they could over the 'small' things. I say 'small' because even though Yuri has an extreme breakdown, neither of them is really phased by it afterwards.
Chapter 14, like many chapters sort of came out of nowhere. I didn't want Yuri's uncle to be just a small side character; I wanted him to be someone who pushes her to be a better a person. Sort of like a proper father in the absence of Suisen. Not to mention, Ryu is actually going to have a significant part in the latter half of Part 2, so I couldn't just introduce him all half assed.
Also, I feel like I need to point out the fact that Shikamaru willingly goes along with Ryu for most of the chapter. Shikamaru and Ryu actually get along pretty well, despite their first meeting. This of course, will be expanded upon when Ryu returns in about 8 or so chapters.
And now chapter 15. I had all of Shikamaru's point of view done and written with the full intention of Yuri saying yes to him. She was originally going to stay in Kohona and I had the rest of the story all planned. I was so used to the idea that Yuri would say yes to him, just for fun I thought of 'What if she said no?' Then I got inspired and ideas just started to come in bulk, making the plot about 10000x more better.
And although the plot was so much better, It honestly really upset me that the end of part 1 went the way it did. Especially having to go through Yuri's point of view in which she is so feeling oriented. If I remember correctly I cried as I was writing it out T_T Gaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh
And making chapter 15 the end of part 1 was sort of a last minute decision. I just really wanted part 2 to be able to sort of stand on its own. Sort of reinventing how Shikamaru and Yuri meet and how they get back to together. Before, I had it stuck in my head that they were this unbreakable item and it honestly made the story lose part of it's luster. But now that they were broken up this whole world of different possibilities emerged and I couldn't really continue straight from part 1.
Lastly! The beginning of part 2: chapter 16. I had such a reluctance to write chapter 16, even though it had been planned out for months. (Even before I finished chapter 15.) Just the idea of having to write Yuri in a world without Shikamaru was so abhorring. Then I started writing it with my new absolution of writing in third person and it just didn't come out right at all. It felt so forced; so I redid it all in Yuri's perspective and it just flowed so much easier.
Stylistically this chapter took FOREVER because I was just trying to concentrate so hard on the things about Yuri that were different. For example, the way she thinks now is completely different; she controls her thoughts to the point where it's almost brainwashing. For the majority of the chapter Shikamaru's name alone is so taboo to her it sends chills up her spine. That is until she sees him and all goes to hell, lol.
So now on 17, I still need to concentrate on the fact that Yuri is trying to control the thoughts of Shikamaru... And how she's horribly failing. :p That's all for spoilers.
Alright, I'm going to bed...
P.S. You might be wondering if Ryu has such an important part in part 2, how did I know that before part 2 even existed. The latter half of part 2 was what I was originally planning on writing, it just got pushed back to AFTER they got back together :)
P.P.S. Oh damn, I just spoiled that Shikamaru and Yuri get back together! Well... it's sort of obvious anyways. Haha.
Ok. Night.
Monday, March 8, 2010
ACTUAL Epic Post
Ok, so I guess a true blogger would explain instead of just telling. And after Warren complained I decided to try to write an actual epic blog post about this. Although I have no clue how epic it will be as I will try not to get too personal.
So basically, I've switched out of Software Engineering and into Computer Science, and I decided to switch for two main reasons:
a.) I REALLY want an English minor. Writing is so important to me and SE just wouldn't let me have the room I would want for the minor. Even now in CS with more room I am probably going to need to take a 6th course here and there. In SE I would have definitely needed a 6th course each term, perhaps even 7 for one or two. >_>
b.) I need to start concentrating on other personal stuff instead of constantly dealing with school. Whenever I think about last term I just think about how my life was entirely school. That's literally everything I did for four months. And there are some things in my life that I've been ignoring that I can't anymore.
Really, I'm just glad to be done with the constant e-mails and stress that I got from all of this. I started sending e-mails about this in 2009. And just literally the other day I was finally put into CS Co-op.
It was a long and horrible process. Mainly because during enrollment my transfer still hadn't completed and I couldn't enroll in a lot of the courses I needed. In the end it turned out that I couldn't enroll in 2 classes because I didn't have the pre-requisites, and the other 3 I wanted were full. Thus, when I COULD enroll I was literally checking every 5-10 minutes for spots to open up in the classes I wanted. SOMEHOW I managed to get all the classes I wanted and have the schedule I had planned out from the beginning. It's a miracle, I know.
The unfortunate part is I need to take Calculus 2 and Logic in the same term. My two worse marks in all of University so far... We'll see how that goes I guess... o_o
BUT THE BEST PART IS, AFTER THIS TERM NO MORE PDENG! Yyyyeeeeeeesssssss. Sure I got to take PD, but once I pass PDEng 25 all I need is 2 more PD credits. That means I somehow cheated the system and I get two work terms free from Professional Development <3
AMAZING!
So basically, I've switched out of Software Engineering and into Computer Science, and I decided to switch for two main reasons:
a.) I REALLY want an English minor. Writing is so important to me and SE just wouldn't let me have the room I would want for the minor. Even now in CS with more room I am probably going to need to take a 6th course here and there. In SE I would have definitely needed a 6th course each term, perhaps even 7 for one or two. >_>
b.) I need to start concentrating on other personal stuff instead of constantly dealing with school. Whenever I think about last term I just think about how my life was entirely school. That's literally everything I did for four months. And there are some things in my life that I've been ignoring that I can't anymore.
Really, I'm just glad to be done with the constant e-mails and stress that I got from all of this. I started sending e-mails about this in 2009. And just literally the other day I was finally put into CS Co-op.
It was a long and horrible process. Mainly because during enrollment my transfer still hadn't completed and I couldn't enroll in a lot of the courses I needed. In the end it turned out that I couldn't enroll in 2 classes because I didn't have the pre-requisites, and the other 3 I wanted were full. Thus, when I COULD enroll I was literally checking every 5-10 minutes for spots to open up in the classes I wanted. SOMEHOW I managed to get all the classes I wanted and have the schedule I had planned out from the beginning. It's a miracle, I know.
The unfortunate part is I need to take Calculus 2 and Logic in the same term. My two worse marks in all of University so far... We'll see how that goes I guess... o_o
BUT THE BEST PART IS, AFTER THIS TERM NO MORE PDENG! Yyyyeeeeeeesssssss. Sure I got to take PD, but once I pass PDEng 25 all I need is 2 more PD credits. That means I somehow cheated the system and I get two work terms free from Professional Development <3
AMAZING!
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
New Years Resolutions?
So after seeing Angela do a recap and set new goals for the month I decided to go through my resolutions and see how I'm doing.
1. Write at least 1000 words daily until Sky's Content is complete (not including editing days).
So to update this list, I will try to:
1. Write at least 1000 words daily until Sky's Content is complete (not including editing days).
- Well as of right now I am technically writing a 1000 words almost daily. Just not in Sky's Content. Considering how much I'm writing for assignments and blogs and how many times I had to fix up SC 16. Overall, I'm making somewhat good progress on this resolution.
- *Cough cough* ... Yeah...
- Right now no real progress has been made in any of the web apps I wanted. But I'm starting to learn ASP.NET for a WORK web app... Although I'm thinking of creating that organizer I wanted for a long time in ASP.NET as practice. So it's getting there.
- *Cough cough cough cough cough* Well, I had started a template, but I decided to scrap it. And now I have a sketch for a new template so that'll hopefully get done!
- Ah ha! Success! At least I'm keeping up fully with one of my goals :D
So to update this list, I will try to:
- Write at least 500 words daily ON Sky's Content until it is complete (not including editing days).
- Finish Fatal Frame sometime within the next few weeks (as I predict my life at work getting very busy this next week)
- Complete version 1 of at least one web app before May (Nothing new there)
- Have at least one site redesigned by end of March
- Keep blogging twice a week!
Monday, March 1, 2010
Dreams
Dreams as in, life goals, not so much the dreams you have at night.
I was thinking about how happy I was to finish to Sky's Content chapter 16, and how style wise it was my favourite. I was tempted for so long to just half ass it so I could get to the parts where I like. But I'm glad I didn't because it really forced to me to improve on my style.
But now that I think about it, one of my ultimates goal in life is to publish a book. Not to self publish, because that sort of feels like cheating to me... Because the actual process of finding an agent, finding a publisher and actually succeeding is what I look forward to the most. Probably I'll regret these words when I actually start writing millions of agent queries and have my self-esteem blown away when no one wants me. It's just, I know how HARD it is, but I'm excited just to try.
Now I just need to get a manuscript of my book done... lol. But I have plenty of years before I think I'm getting too old to publish a book. There is just so much for me to learn and do before I can even think of publishing. But I'm excited. :D
I was thinking about how happy I was to finish to Sky's Content chapter 16, and how style wise it was my favourite. I was tempted for so long to just half ass it so I could get to the parts where I like. But I'm glad I didn't because it really forced to me to improve on my style.
But now that I think about it, one of my ultimates goal in life is to publish a book. Not to self publish, because that sort of feels like cheating to me... Because the actual process of finding an agent, finding a publisher and actually succeeding is what I look forward to the most. Probably I'll regret these words when I actually start writing millions of agent queries and have my self-esteem blown away when no one wants me. It's just, I know how HARD it is, but I'm excited just to try.
Now I just need to get a manuscript of my book done... lol. But I have plenty of years before I think I'm getting too old to publish a book. There is just so much for me to learn and do before I can even think of publishing. But I'm excited. :D
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