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writing update
Jun. 14th, 2018 07:26 pmMy current writing exercise is about having the characters speak for themselves. One is writing letters. They aren't likely to ever reach their destination, but he writes them anyway. Another makes inventory lists from memory. Between the lines, she writes diary entries. I have to figure out why.
The third character in that party is mostly illiterate, so I have to do something different with him.
The third character in that party is mostly illiterate, so I have to do something different with him.
Writing update: knowing
Mar. 10th, 2018 07:29 pmOne of my characters is a person who knows. When he and his friends become afflicted with various kinds of magic, he will be able to foretell the future (to a degree). Now I'm trying to think of a way to foreshadow that. What is typical about a person who knows?
Perhaps he's very sensitive to change? That could work.
Perhaps he's very sensitive to change? That could work.
I write a little most days. Today it's 55 words so far. I'd like a hundred if I can manage.
I had a weird experience this morning. I went to church for a choir performance, As we left, the temperature was one degree Celsius. A little on the way I had to turn back, because I had forgotten my very important choir scarf. So i went back inside, grabbed the scarf, and hurried back into the car. As I steered along our little road, I noticed that the temperature was minus three.
That doesn't usually happen in the midmorning.
One of my choir mates said: "Oh, it's probably the Apocalypse."
I had a weird experience this morning. I went to church for a choir performance, As we left, the temperature was one degree Celsius. A little on the way I had to turn back, because I had forgotten my very important choir scarf. So i went back inside, grabbed the scarf, and hurried back into the car. As I steered along our little road, I noticed that the temperature was minus three.
That doesn't usually happen in the midmorning.
One of my choir mates said: "Oh, it's probably the Apocalypse."
Archery update 6/8
Aug. 9th, 2014 03:21 pmWednesday
Rounds: 8
Hit: A little back and forth
Lost: Nothing
People: 3: Me and M, and a six-year-old boy
Cannon: Nope
The little boy was there with his aunt(? cousin?) to watch football practice, but of course thought achery was much more interesting. I saw him sitting a little bit away, so I went up and asked if he wanted to try. He was absolutely delighted. The smallest bow was a little too big for him, but he handled it well after a while, and made some reasonable hits at six metres.
Rounds: 8
Hit: A little back and forth
Lost: Nothing
People: 3: Me and M, and a six-year-old boy
Cannon: Nope
The little boy was there with his aunt(? cousin?) to watch football practice, but of course thought achery was much more interesting. I saw him sitting a little bit away, so I went up and asked if he wanted to try. He was absolutely delighted. The smallest bow was a little too big for him, but he handled it well after a while, and made some reasonable hits at six metres.
Archery update 14/7 and 16/7
Jul. 17th, 2014 06:31 pmMonday
Rounds 13
Hit: So-so
Lost: Nothing
People: 3, specifically Me, Myself and I
Wednesday
Rounds about 6 to 8
Hit: Well, I was a little preoccupied (see below)
Lost: Nothing
People: 7: Me, M, a father with two teenagers, two youger kids who have been there before. I did some instructing
Cannon: No cannon
Rounds 13
Hit: So-so
Lost: Nothing
People: 3, specifically Me, Myself and I
Wednesday
Rounds about 6 to 8
Hit: Well, I was a little preoccupied (see below)
Lost: Nothing
People: 7: Me, M, a father with two teenagers, two youger kids who have been there before. I did some instructing
Cannon: No cannon
Archery update 30/6 and 2/7
Jul. 3rd, 2014 08:59 pmMonday
Hit: Yes, I did
Lost: Nothing
People: M and me all alone
Wednesday
Hit: A couple of rounds of about 20 points. Shot 12 rounds in total, and felt good about it (not tired)
Lost: Nothing
People: M and Me and one other who was just there to check it out. I hope he'll come back
Cannon: No sign of any cannon
Hit: Yes, I did
Lost: Nothing
People: M and me all alone
Wednesday
Hit: A couple of rounds of about 20 points. Shot 12 rounds in total, and felt good about it (not tired)
Lost: Nothing
People: M and Me and one other who was just there to check it out. I hope he'll come back
Cannon: No sign of any cannon
Archery update 27/5 and 29/5
May. 29th, 2013 10:30 pmMonday
Hit: Target at 30 metres. Go me!
Lost: Nothing
People: M and I and some mosquitoes
Wednesday
Hit: A little to the right and below
Lost: Nothing
People: M and I and three compound shooters. And the mosquitoes
We moved outside last week, so I thought I'd try to do these updates every week. Shooting outdoors is so much more fun. It would be nice if I could teach myself to hit reasonably consistently within the blue ring (that's five points or more).
Hit: Target at 30 metres. Go me!
Lost: Nothing
People: M and I and some mosquitoes
Wednesday
Hit: A little to the right and below
Lost: Nothing
People: M and I and three compound shooters. And the mosquitoes
We moved outside last week, so I thought I'd try to do these updates every week. Shooting outdoors is so much more fun. It would be nice if I could teach myself to hit reasonably consistently within the blue ring (that's five points or more).
Archery practise 13/6
Jun. 15th, 2012 09:41 pmHit: Yes, as a matter of fact I did. I didn't keep track of points, but I know I did resonably well for a while.
Lost: Nothing
People: Four, including a boy of about eight-ten, who just turned up, wondering what we were up to.
Cannon: No cannons.
Lost: Nothing
People: Four, including a boy of about eight-ten, who just turned up, wondering what we were up to.
Cannon: No cannons.
Warming up for Novel-In-90
Oct. 31st, 2011 10:49 pm309 words.
That's not quite what Novel-In-90 requires, but I have to start somewhere. I suppose I should be happy if I manage 375 words a day, but I'll try not to aim to low. I have done four or five hundred a day before, more than that on a few occasions.
This time I'll try to concentrate on getting information into words. Not so much 'What are they saying?' as 'What are they talking about?' And I need to worldbuild my spaceship.
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I'm a little embarrassed: I just had to look up how to spell 'occasion'. It still looks wrong though. It happens now and then. I think it is because the scaffolding I use when I think in English is shifting.
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*Curses politely* Why doesn't this bloody thing crosspost? Something wrong with my keyboard?
That's not quite what Novel-In-90 requires, but I have to start somewhere. I suppose I should be happy if I manage 375 words a day, but I'll try not to aim to low. I have done four or five hundred a day before, more than that on a few occasions.
This time I'll try to concentrate on getting information into words. Not so much 'What are they saying?' as 'What are they talking about?' And I need to worldbuild my spaceship.
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I'm a little embarrassed: I just had to look up how to spell 'occasion'. It still looks wrong though. It happens now and then. I think it is because the scaffolding I use when I think in English is shifting.
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*Curses politely* Why doesn't this bloody thing crosspost? Something wrong with my keyboard?
Writing update
Aug. 5th, 2011 08:54 pmInformal update:
I have written a total of twelve words (in English) of Blood Magic.
Considering how quickly my attempts to write regularly have failed in the past two years, I'm going to set a very modest goal: I will look at the story every day. If I feel like it, I will also write. If I don't like what I wrote yesterday, I will remove it (or rewrite it).
In other news I have also typeset some music: a couple of bars of a song we sing in the choir, and which I have attempted to make a choir arrangement of.
I have written a total of twelve words (in English) of Blood Magic.
Considering how quickly my attempts to write regularly have failed in the past two years, I'm going to set a very modest goal: I will look at the story every day. If I feel like it, I will also write. If I don't like what I wrote yesterday, I will remove it (or rewrite it).
In other news I have also typeset some music: a couple of bars of a song we sing in the choir, and which I have attempted to make a choir arrangement of.
Hit: Grass, mostly
Lost: My glasses, but fortunately found them again
Pain: Nothing to worry about
People: Eight to ten, a couple of complete beginners (I felt experienced)
Cannon: Medium-sized
I think my problem today was partly the arrows, which felt different from the ones I used before
Last weeks stats, for the sake of completeness
Hit: The frame, and made quite a spectacular hole in it
Lost: Nothing
Pain: Had to sit down and stretch my leg about halfway through
People: About half a dozen
Cannon: Small
Lost: My glasses, but fortunately found them again
Pain: Nothing to worry about
People: Eight to ten, a couple of complete beginners (I felt experienced)
Cannon: Medium-sized
I think my problem today was partly the arrows, which felt different from the ones I used before
Last weeks stats, for the sake of completeness
Hit: The frame, and made quite a spectacular hole in it
Lost: Nothing
Pain: Had to sit down and stretch my leg about halfway through
People: About half a dozen
Cannon: Small
Archery practice
Jul. 6th, 2011 11:13 pmM and I went to try archery together tonight. I have wanted to try it for a long time, but, well, it didn't happen. Not until last weekend, at a medieval fair, where we learnt that the archery club of Ånge meet every Wednesday night, and that beginners are welcome.
We were about half a dozen beginners, and a couple of others, with targets about fifteen metres away. I managed to hit the target several times. Sometimes I even hit the target I was aimimg at. I lost one arrow. And I learnt that it's probably better to aim with my right eye after all (although at some point I should probably try a left-handed bow, if only for comparison).
We were about half a dozen beginners, and a couple of others, with targets about fifteen metres away. I managed to hit the target several times. Sometimes I even hit the target I was aimimg at. I lost one arrow. And I learnt that it's probably better to aim with my right eye after all (although at some point I should probably try a left-handed bow, if only for comparison).
