Day 67 Sinking deeper into tissues and blankets.

Okay, so I am still sick and I have two dumb stories I want to write about tonight.
First: Saturday night (at least I think it was Saturday night) I tried to take an Advil cold and sinus pill and because of all the mucus it got stuck in my throat. I could still breath, but it was super uncomfortable. So I looked up online to see what to do (it was three o'clock in the morning and everyone was asleep). Nothing I tried worked. They said eating things like bread, salsa, honey and ginger, hot water, vitamin C, along with other odd ideas should loosen and free the pill. I tried them all but none of them worked, and I could feel the pill start to move down my throat but then it would move back up to where it was before. So I finally gave up. I went upstairs to re-brush my teeth and as soon as I had put tooth paste on my tooth brush I puked in the sink. The stupid pill had moved and triggered my gag reflex, it was gross. I managed to get to the toilet and finish puking there, but once everything was out I could still feel the pill in my throat. And to make things worse the sink is a piece of crap and clogs easily soooo skipping to the point, it clogged. I finally climbed in bed at four thirty with the pill still stuck in my throat, but on the bright side the sink is clean and because of the ludicrous amount of Drain-O I poured in it drains a little better than before...sort of. Today I learned (By accident) that if your throat is covered in mucus soda (Ginger Ale) helps clear it off a little bit. So when the Advil got stuck again today I got out a can of Ginger Ale and it went down beautifully. Much better than Saturday.

Story two: So this "morning" (I was up late with a headache and slept in till about 12:30 ish) I got in the shower before going down stairs. I was almost done when suddenly I felt dizzy and nauseous, and I could feel my vision getting narrower. My vision soon was grainy as if things were turned to low resolution. I was leaning against the cold shower wall trying not to pass out. So it doesn't go completely away but I'm able to finish. I get out wrap my towel around me and I can feel the room tipping side to side so I grab the counter and slowly sit down with my back against the cabinet. I'm not sure how long I sat there waiting for the nausea and dizziness to go away. But I'm just relieved that it did go back to normal, and it didn't happen again today. It was kind of scary.

Cold adventures aren't fun. I hope I get better soon. Plus the sooner I'm better the sooner I can really hit my book hard. I really struggle to stay awake at the computer when I'm sick.


Day 67

Day 66

Saturday! still sick and I slept in really late....I'm starting to feel a little depressed. I just wanna be better all ready! :(

Day 66

Day 65

Sorry for the late post. Last week was crazy.

So my cold was still pretty awful Friday so I didn't do much.



Day 65 Minecraft & Frasier

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Hi! So I forgot to write on here last night. I was up late writing again. :)
So things are going pretty well I'm writing hard and writing fast, and trying not to get hung up on editing.
Well I'd like to type more but I have more writing to do!

Day 64

Day 63: Take that!

Today I'm happy to report that I am almost better! Although my throat is still really sore. I highly recommend not getting a cold. It's not fun.

Any-a-who I have a confession. So I should be nearing the end of the middle, but since I only had a week to work on the beginning it really sucked. I forgot who I was as a writer, and I got caught up in this whole challenge crap. I needed a schedule and deadlines but I ended up trying to force myself to write in a way that wasn't me. I can't write random scenes to use eventually, I can't just write a little bit (I have to keep going until my hunger is satisfied), and I cannot keep going back and forth between parts. I found myself and realized why everything has come to a halt. I realized what my road block was. This is not me. I love the way I write and although it has taken a little bit of time I found myself once more. I have officially started my book over and right now I have the first couple of scenes. I had some of my family to listen to my story and so far I think they like it, although I have made a rule they are not allowed to read it. When my family reads a story they turn into English professors, and go crazy about grammar, punctuation and drive me nuts about things making sense. So until I am ready to edit they cannot under any circumstances read my writings. I know it's late to be starting over but things happen, and I intend to finish by the 90 days and I don't mean just writing my book I mean editing too.
I will have a full and completed manuscript of my entire book and be working on getting it published by the 91st day. Nothing is going to stop me, because I have made up my mind.


Day 63

Kaylee Ray Destroyer of Blank Pages.

Day 62: Sick Day

Still sick.


So Tuesday sucked too. I wasn't loopy but I still felt like crap.


Day 62 gone forever oh well :) It'll be okay.

Day 61: Sick Day

Sick day!
So Monday I was so sick and loopy that I didn't dare get on here and blog...Let alone work on my story. (who knows what may have happened to my poor characters?!)

So Day 61 passed and is gone. Stay healthy everyone!

Day 60 Assignment 27 Part 2: Climax

HI!



day 60 Completed....hahaha

Day 59 Assignment 27 Part 2: Climax

Today I didn't get much writing done, but I did work on contradictions and smoothing things out.

It was fun. I also Painted a little bit today! It's in oil paint and it going to be this really cool dragon...at least I hope it turns out cool. :)


Day 59 completed

Day 58 Assignment 27 Part 1: Climax

Hey so um I know this is super late again. today was kind of busy, and since my stomach is hurting and I have to get up early tomorrow I'm not able to write as much as I would have liked on here so I'm apologizing now for my lameness.



Day 58 completed :P





Day 57 was also completed I just didn't have access to a computer :(

Day 56 Assignment 27 Part 1: Climax

This week only has two assignments (just so you know) and well what ever.

So I realize I'm pretty boring, and I don't blog very much and everything ends up really short. Haha it's a good thing my book is more interesting and longer than my blogging. :)


and on that note goodnight!

Day 56 completed



P.S. look forward to more interesting blog posts. I'm going to start writing earlier and perhaps talk more about other things besides the assignment and writing. I think that would be more interesting for anyone who reads this and for me.



I really struggled today to focus on writing I found myself distracted by the sitcom 'Frasier' and playing the game 'Minecraft'. It is so much fun! I love creating things in Minecraft it is a whole world of just blocks and you can build anything! I have wasted many hours playing that cursed game! But I love it. Sometime I'll put some pictures up of what I've created and am working on...could that have sounded any more nerdy? It also doesn't help that the computer that has Minecraft on it is in the same room that has the tv...sooo I guess you could say I've been practicing my multitasking skills by playing Mincraft and watching Frasier at the same time......I'm amazed that I'm not a fat lump of bleh yet...just oozing in a puddle of lazy flesh on the ground.

I used to go bike riding every morning but the people I would go with aren't able to go anymore. Plus it has gotten freezing cold outside, and I have a hard time exercising inside it is so boring. Personally I miss biking fourteen miles everyday, it was fun.

I also miss living in my own apartment. Although I am enjoying living at home while I can, because I know that this isn't going to last forever and I may never get the chance to spend this much time with my family again. Sooner or later life is going to find me and I'll be married and have a family of my own before I know it. I really hope that happens someday soon (I'm getting tired of awful dates...I'll have to tell you about some of them someday). But anyway it's a lot of fun living with my family again even if it's just for a little while. I love them very much.

Day 55 Assignment 27 Part 1: Climax

Well I kind of took a break from Sarah Domet today. Instead I was reading and taking the advice of an amazing writer James Scott Bell who wrote 'The Art of War for Writers'. If you ever need help writing a book don't just use one use a couple. Mr. Bell is one of my favorite his book talks a lot about getting published, but he also focuses on helping make your book better. He says "Write hard, write fast, and the fire of creation will be yours". that was the inspiration of my writing today. I just wrote and let things spin out as they wanted. I use my outline as that, an outline. A guide to where the story goes, but how the characters get there is up to them. :)



Day 55 completed

Day 54 Assignment 27 Part 1: Climax

Still working on the climax...

supposed to ask myself questions like:
what is the character feeling? is the emotion deep enough?
What in the character's past makes this scene more significant and important?
How does the character react to the climax?
Is the climax powerful or important enough to effect the character?



Day 54 completed

Day 53 Assignment 27 Part 1: Climax

Sorry! I promise I did this on Saturday. I was so tired I just kind of crashed and I don't like to blog (or get on my computer on Sundays...), but anyway I did it. :)


This is working on the climax you want to make sure it is important and significant. I.E. Luke Skywalker finding out that Darth Vader is his Father. That was a the climax of that "episode" in the Star Wars Series.

So the climax needs to affect the main character in some way or another. My climax has to do with someone important dying and him giving in to his dark side...although more than that happens to spin him down into the depths of despair.





Day 53 completed

Day 52 Assignment 26 Part 3: Foreshadowing

So this assignment was basically Foreshadowing. How can I as a writer and story teller set up something in one scene and have it happen or come into effect later?

Here is an example of Foreshadow:

He glanced at the knife on the counter, but instead of putting it away he went and stretched out on the couch .
-A Scene or Two Later-
The deranged serial killer silently took the sharp knife from the counter and slowly approached the man sleeping on the couch.

as you can see I didn't spend too much time on the knife. Foreshadowing is sometimes a character's after thought, meaning it doesn't have to stand out too much. Foreshadowing can be simple or it could be more complex like Sherlock Holmes and the breathing apparatus or a student leaving their homework on the table as they leave for school.

:) so much for going to bed earlier.

Day 52 completed.

Day 51 Assignment 26 Part 3:

Happy Halloween! so I didn't get any writing done today...oops. But I plan on doing extra tomorrow soo ha!

it's late so Good Night!

Day 51 Completed
Assignment 26 part 3 to be continued.