Reading for Pleasure: His Dark Materials Trilogy by Phillip Pullman (*****)
Knitting: Legwarmers
Writing: Editing novella
I finished my Candle Flame Shawl, and on from there, I finished a novella rewrite of "The Little Mermaid". I'm happy, so far, with how it turned out. I need to transcribe it from my chicken scratch to the computer, and at that point I will begin my edit.
Which makes me wonder what other writers do. Do you write a hand draft first, or do you write fully on a computer? Or do you use a typewriter? Lynn Viehl, over at Paperback Writer, wrote an interesting post about it last week: http://pbackwriter.blogspot.com/2009/05/typewriter-writer.html. It brings up an interesting point of how the medium affects the message. I do know that sometimes the draft feels like it should be written by hand, but at other times, I feel the urge to write my drafts by computer.
So, thoughts?
ManiacScribbler =^..^=
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Scattered Ramblings
Reading for Pleasure: The DaVinci Code (Not far enough in to form opinion.)
Reading for school: Nothing!
On the Needles: Candle Flame Shawl: http://web.archive.org/web/20020624070248/balart.com/CANDLE.HTM and correction of pattern (very bottom of page): http://www.knittersreview.com/forum/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&TOPIC_ID=19719
Writing: Working on a fantasy novel
Warning: This is a very scattered, rambling post.
So, I am back from school! Sorry for the lack of posting; the last couple months of school was horrendously busy. I had two large papers to write, and I'm really happy with how the one turned out. I took Disney's Beauty and the Beast and applied a feminist reading (through Helene Cixous); this was for my critical theory class. For my poetry class, I compared and contrasted Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal with "Grasmere - A Fragment". The paper was a little bit more scattered, but I think that it fit the feel of her writing. I guess I will see how it came out here soon!
Looking at Dorothy Wordsworth's journals made me think that she made a better prose author than poetry. Her prose was poetic at points, and that was when I most enjoyed her writing. Her poetry was too much like prose, and that made it difficult for me to read. Image rich writing always makes my reading the most enjoyable and that is what she had in her journals; for whatever reason, it just did not translate well in poetry. I would have thought it would, but it did not.
Now that school is over, though, it's awesome. I am back home and working at my summer job - an information centre. I am getting things figured out for my exchange, and life is good. Beyond missing my boyfriend, but it is something we will both have to get used to, especially since I am going to be gone for nine months.
The weather improved a bit here, but it does feel like the thunderstorms that they are predicting; as long as it doesn't snow again, it's all good. I don't mind when it rains because I feel less guilty about being inside. And then I can knit and write to my heart's content...Or watch movies, which is always a big distraction for me. Though I did some research for my next novel by watching "The Little Mermaid" the other day. I have to love it when research includes a Disney movie, just like my research paper. I am working on the Candle Flame Shawl, which I posted the link for above; make sure to look at the corrections, however, because they will cause a lot less heartache when you get to those rows. I am using Bernat Camoflague yarn in the Baby Camo colour; I was going for more of a leaf looking shawl, and that is what is being produced. I was originally making it for my grandma, but she passed away in November. I figured I may as well finish it for myself in memory of her. I will post pictures of it once I have it finished!
Now that I am done school, I will also be able to devote more of my time to writing. Although I always seem to get the urge to write when I am most stressed. It is likely because I find it relaxing and it makes me concentrate on one specific thing for a given length of time, although there are times where I am restless and still get nothing done. My most productive time tends to be around exams, which is detrimental to my studying but good for my writing; however, now that they are over, I will be able to more closely follow William Wordsworth's model of "recollection in tranquility".
What works for you? Do you tend to write more when you are stressed or when you are relaxed?
ManiacScribbler =^..^=
Reading for school: Nothing!
On the Needles: Candle Flame Shawl: http://web.archive.org/web/20020624070248/balart.com/CANDLE.HTM and correction of pattern (very bottom of page): http://www.knittersreview.com/forum/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&TOPIC_ID=19719
Writing: Working on a fantasy novel
Warning: This is a very scattered, rambling post.
So, I am back from school! Sorry for the lack of posting; the last couple months of school was horrendously busy. I had two large papers to write, and I'm really happy with how the one turned out. I took Disney's Beauty and the Beast and applied a feminist reading (through Helene Cixous); this was for my critical theory class. For my poetry class, I compared and contrasted Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal with "Grasmere - A Fragment". The paper was a little bit more scattered, but I think that it fit the feel of her writing. I guess I will see how it came out here soon!
Looking at Dorothy Wordsworth's journals made me think that she made a better prose author than poetry. Her prose was poetic at points, and that was when I most enjoyed her writing. Her poetry was too much like prose, and that made it difficult for me to read. Image rich writing always makes my reading the most enjoyable and that is what she had in her journals; for whatever reason, it just did not translate well in poetry. I would have thought it would, but it did not.
Now that school is over, though, it's awesome. I am back home and working at my summer job - an information centre. I am getting things figured out for my exchange, and life is good. Beyond missing my boyfriend, but it is something we will both have to get used to, especially since I am going to be gone for nine months.
The weather improved a bit here, but it does feel like the thunderstorms that they are predicting; as long as it doesn't snow again, it's all good. I don't mind when it rains because I feel less guilty about being inside. And then I can knit and write to my heart's content...Or watch movies, which is always a big distraction for me. Though I did some research for my next novel by watching "The Little Mermaid" the other day. I have to love it when research includes a Disney movie, just like my research paper. I am working on the Candle Flame Shawl, which I posted the link for above; make sure to look at the corrections, however, because they will cause a lot less heartache when you get to those rows. I am using Bernat Camoflague yarn in the Baby Camo colour; I was going for more of a leaf looking shawl, and that is what is being produced. I was originally making it for my grandma, but she passed away in November. I figured I may as well finish it for myself in memory of her. I will post pictures of it once I have it finished!
Now that I am done school, I will also be able to devote more of my time to writing. Although I always seem to get the urge to write when I am most stressed. It is likely because I find it relaxing and it makes me concentrate on one specific thing for a given length of time, although there are times where I am restless and still get nothing done. My most productive time tends to be around exams, which is detrimental to my studying but good for my writing; however, now that they are over, I will be able to more closely follow William Wordsworth's model of "recollection in tranquility".
What works for you? Do you tend to write more when you are stressed or when you are relaxed?
ManiacScribbler =^..^=
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