Sunday

By my 21st birthday in December.  I have to set a deadline or else I’ll never get it done.  I tried writing a novel a few years ago, I was probably around 16.  It was ok but my problem is that I run out of material before I have a long enough book.  So I just have to remember to put in a lot of description passages and dialogue.

Unfortunately, even though I have a plot, characters, a theme, and a general outline for the book, I don’t really feel comfortable starting to write it because my Mac says Word has a “compatibility issue”.  It says it doesn’t have the english proofing tools installed, but I’m pretty sure that’s not true because it’s underlined grammar mistakes already and can give me synonyms.  I’ll ask D. about it tonight when I talk to him.

This whole novel-writing idea came along over the last few days.  I was on vacation and I finally got the chance to relax and read a couple of books.  Being away from technology is really conducive to my relaxation and actually getting through reading material.  But anyway, I just thought about all the books I see on the shelves and how I could do better.  (Turns out, it’s pretty hard to write a novel.  Or in the style of a novel.)  And there’s a character whose story I want to tell.  Even though I haven’t completely ironed out the details (the ending feels a tad cheesy to me which isn’t good), I’m excited about telling her story.  I just need to get it down on paper in a way that is long enough and explores important themes.  Oh, and I need my computer to stop giving me that damn error.  It worries me that I might not be able to work with what I’ve written later, or not be able to put it onto a different computer.

I should probably try emailing it to myself and opening it on another machine.  Brilliant idea, eh?

Outside of reading, thinking, and writing, I drove home with the fam today – it was a long-ass car ride, probably 7 or so hours altogether.  Even though vacation was awesome and relaxing (even if I got a bit of a sunburn), I’m glad to be back.  And D. gets back on Thursday night which is exciting.

Ok, just wanted to put this whole novel idea down on paper.  Mwuah!

Em