An excerpt...I think the bugs are my worst problem. I walk over to them, holding my dress up by the skirt. Suddenly I hear a rip, and I gasp as I see Monica chopping off my skirt! “Hey, this was expensive! Don’t destroy it.” “Fine, princess, I won’t cut it. But have fun climbing with a full skirt. I tend to opt for pants.” Monica says with a wink. I already don’t like her. The Wow factor.This week flew by. So did last week. And the week before. And all of September. On a positive note, now that it is officially October, I can finally listen to Christmas music while I write! Just kidding. Thinking about my timeline, I've had the shocking realization that if I continue working at this rate, before Christmas I will have a 55,000 word project completed. That is insane. I will have accomplished something I thought I would have never done before Genius Hour. "Merry Christmas, I got you a book!", I will say too all of my family members. The other day I asked my Mom if she was actually going to read what I write. She has a habit of not being able to finish any book, she reads about 70 pages and quits. So I have ultimately decided to shift my goal, to make my book interesting enough that my Mom can finish it. Progress. Progress. And dance?Progress wise, I am killing it. I make steady progress every night, and try to go back and briefly edit what I have written. Although I am doing well currently, I am a bit concerned about what this dance season will interfere with. We got our results from try outs, I am doing 11 dances this year. 11! I have to memorize and compete 11 routines, more than I have ever done before. This will obviously require lots of practice; Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays to be exact. You may think that I should just do it after practice, but when you are at school all day and get done with four and half hours of practice, you don't really feel like writing. So I will have to push through, my schedule this year allows for Thursdays and Fridays off, so I will have to set aside a few hours those days to make progress. I will be sure to document how next week goes, starting the official class schedule.
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An excerpt...“Better than last time.” I mutter to myself as the score loads in on the computer. The reddish tint of the computer screen was reflecting in my glasses as I sighed, failed again. At least this time it was only by ten points. Biology was my idea anyway. My mom thinks it’s dumb to take the “old school” classes. I think they bring back the emotion in life, it seems like everything now is just cold shiny metal. How I felt this week...Starting week two of Genius Hour was a breeze. I was ahead on word count, and motivated to write. On the Monday of week two, I had an online day. My goal of this week was to wake up early, so I did just that. Turns out, you are not motivated when you are hungry. Along with being hungry, I wasn't too keen on being awake when I didn't "have to be". I think I wrote a total of 100 words Monday morning.
Due to the ineffectiveness of the early bird strategy, I decided to ditch it. I already knew I wasn't a morning person, much less be motivated to write in the morning. Tuesday was an in-school day, so I didn't get much work done until that night. Late nights are for sure the best work time for me. I get up early to go to school, finish my homework during smart lunch, have practice until 8-8:30, and then go home and write. I am always more creative at night, so I got a lot done. I was on pace from last week, and have had no doubts that I will have trouble meeting my goal. |
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