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How are you guys today? I'm at work late again, but since this time change bullshit, I don't mind nearly as much. If I leave at 6pm, it's dark. If I leave at 8pm, it's dark.
I'm pretty good! Finally starting work on my NaNoWriMo project, which I'm pretty excited about. Off to see a great local band tonight, which I've been looking forward to for a while now. Oh, and I get to sit in on a Masters-level crit session today, as the artist I've been assisting with his Masters installation gets sort of informally assessed and advised before his assessment on Monday. Thanks for the mention!
It's f'ing TERRIBLE. Call it "novel month" or "writer's month" or fuck, "Novelmber." And fuck your 50,000 words, too. Have fun selling that, ass. Outside of Fahrenheit 451, Slaughterhouse 5 and Old Man and the Sea, nothing is that short. So basically it's an excuse for you to avoid your family and do "important" things while you grow your beard so that in exchange for shaving, they have to read your claptrap. NaNoWriMo. As a proper acronym it'd look like something went wrong with your lockstitch: I\I\I\/\/\/\/\ Call that shit Washiontal Wovel Writing Wonth and get it over with: \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ ...yeah, you found a sore spot.
Haha! Yesssss someone else hates it as much as I do. I mean, it's cool that people are giving something a try, but imagining that a person who doesn't write regularly can somehow pull a novel worth reading out of their ass in a month is pretty silly. If it leads to people writing regularly and really becoming dedicated to the craft, then I am all for it. But generally it won't and it doesn't. What I am not all for, is people talking about how their novel is going and complaining about how they aren't hitting their wordcount, as if throwing enough words on a page will somehow birth authors.
I'm curious, what does it feel like to cut away so much? Is it a relief? Is it difficult because you are attached to the content/writing? kleinbl00 -same question. I know that when we record albums, we often throw a lot at the songs and then allow someone else to final mix them. They often remove a lot of the layering and peel the song back to it's basics. It's something I couldn't do, because of attachment to the work we did, but once it is done I realize that they were right to cut so much. mk, Slaughterhouse Five is only 49k words. -Pretty damned good book.
It feels good. There are a lot of unnecessary words in there. Also, I wrote it almost 7 years ago, and my writing style has evolved since then. I'm more efficient now. There is a compelling seed to any good work, and IMO the goal is to present it effectively. Long works can get away with a thematic approach, but something short has to get the job done without much distraction. I just opened it and cut a handful of words. Yeah, it feels good.
One of my favorite artists, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, just released what may be my favorite album from them Push the Sky Away. I was listening to an interview with Cave on the recording of the album and they essentially recorded it in a bit over a week, then began (per usual) to do the various overdubs and layers. Part of the way through this process they reversed course and stripped all of that back out, and released the album as it was initially recorded that first week or so. There is a sense of space and poetry on the album that is really attractive to me, and underscores the crescendos where they occur. I couldn't imagine it being as good with the additional tracking. An amazing record that was well served by heavy editing.we often throw a lot at the songs and then allow someone else to final mix them. They often remove a lot of the layering and peel the song back to it's basics. It's something I couldn't do,
Funny you say that, I just walked downstairs to my studio and got a real pair of headphones and I'm about to listen. I have to do my "expense report" for work, which is mindless work and it will be nice to listen. I wish I could do nothing and listen but that's not in the cards. TPS reports... they're real.
$52.00 -gas, self-traveling $22.00 -lunch, self-traveling ".....I've got a fetus on a leash" $25.00 -printer paper, self-office supplies
Haha - it's funny how the world works like that. I find when everything is dandy I find new fun things to do. Then when everything's not dandy I look at myself in the mirror and say "What in the fuck were you thinking?!"
I'm working too, but I work from home so I never really leave. I have D'ussé, The Vanishing, and a cat sitting on my shoulder, so it's all good.
I am doing pretty good, but this slow internet is killing me lately :D Even going to hubski is getting to be a chore. This week we are trying out khanacademy as a way for kids to keep practicing math. Something that I think will be fun. Here it starts getting dark at around 4:30pm (those long Alaskan winters!) This causes depression for some people, and I can feel it starting to drag on me too lately. Fortunately my work is mostly at night anyway so it's not a big strain.
I feel your pain. My OS on my Macbook Pro got completely fucked and pinwheels for 10 seconds everytime I click. I thought it was the harddrive causing a pinwheel of death but I just did a successful transfer/backup of all my files overnight and it works. Not having a computer is really rough. On the upside, I've been at work until 8pm or later all week so at least I have this one. :/