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Jan. 15th, 2014 11:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
promenyI have written 18,000 words so far, in just a week and a half. It is now at the beginning of the middle, where Saranna is about to be shipped off to a prison for men. A lot will happen to her during her sentence, and surprisingly it won't go straight into sexual abuse. It wouldn't be a good novel if it did.
My mind seems a little hazy, recently. I haven't become less intelligent (or at least I hope not), but it is harder for me to spell words and put my thoughts together. Maybe I am just fatigued, or perhaps I have become aware of faults that I have always had, but didn't know about until recently.
From writing my book, I have become aware of many things about the technique of writing professionally. I have also learned about some of the mistakes I have made in the past. This doesn't mean that I am a bad writer; I am simply far from perfect. I mean, how can I be when I haven't even published my first book yet?
I had a beer last night, but I didn't have another one. Something about drinking beer just didn't feel right; sometimes I enjoy it, and other times it just feels strange. I haven't gotten drunk in about two months, now, and I've noticed that my general demeanor and level of maturity has improved. I told my psychiatrist yesterday that I used to get drunk almost every night, and there were times when I would throw up every night for weeks. She mentioned that doing so probably killed some brain cells, but I countered her by saying that it probably didn't lower my IQ, but rather made me emotionally labile and stunted for a while. She more or less agreed.
Not much else...university has started back up, which is probably a good thing.
My mind seems a little hazy, recently. I haven't become less intelligent (or at least I hope not), but it is harder for me to spell words and put my thoughts together. Maybe I am just fatigued, or perhaps I have become aware of faults that I have always had, but didn't know about until recently.
From writing my book, I have become aware of many things about the technique of writing professionally. I have also learned about some of the mistakes I have made in the past. This doesn't mean that I am a bad writer; I am simply far from perfect. I mean, how can I be when I haven't even published my first book yet?
I had a beer last night, but I didn't have another one. Something about drinking beer just didn't feel right; sometimes I enjoy it, and other times it just feels strange. I haven't gotten drunk in about two months, now, and I've noticed that my general demeanor and level of maturity has improved. I told my psychiatrist yesterday that I used to get drunk almost every night, and there were times when I would throw up every night for weeks. She mentioned that doing so probably killed some brain cells, but I countered her by saying that it probably didn't lower my IQ, but rather made me emotionally labile and stunted for a while. She more or less agreed.
Not much else...university has started back up, which is probably a good thing.
