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  • Journal – Week 9

    Week 9 already (or probably Week 10 by the time I post this). Hooo boy. Good thing I work well to deadlines. That said, this week I hit the 10.5k minimum required for the subject, and I’ve been working hard on both revising and getting towards the end. Getting a…

  • Journal – Week 8

    Okay okay. . .I’m really excited because I’ve actually made some progress in this story, and instead of writing about writing it, I want to take this opportunity to actually talk about what its shaping up to be. Also, I’ve settled on a title. With the story centering around themes…

  • Journal – Week 7

    So if you thought you might get something other than ‘I’M SO FAR BEHIND!’ . . . then sorry, this isn’t your week. But I am getting closer to being back on track. I managed to get the edits for my short story ‘Trench’ done, I finished a structural report…

  • Journal – Week 6

    After a couple weeks off, I managed to get a fair amount down in words this week. This is my third attempt to get a story going for my dissertation, and thankfully it seems to be working. Unfortunately, it means that I’m having to compress much of the development as…

  • My 5 Favourite Podcasts

    For those playing the game, you may have been expecting ‘Journal – Week 6’. However with a mid semester break, I have done exactly no journaling since my previous post. Sorry. What I have been doing is catching up on a bunch of podcasts (and learning how to cast resin…

  • Journal – Week 5

    This weeks topic is all about ‘finding the story’. Which is great, because after five weeks of looking through every nook and cranny in my mind, my intended story remains elusive. So I’m doing what every good amateur does when things get hard. I’m giving up. Not entirely, but I’m…

  • Journal – Week 4

    This week is all about developing the artefact, and in that sense most of my week has been trying to roll the shape of the story around in my head. I’m trying to step outside my comfort zone and do something that is notably different. As in all writing, having…

  • Journal – Week 3

    I submitted my first assignment for my dissertation year today. It’s a pitch, but a much longer and more detailed one than I’d usually do, which for an over-writer like me is a huge relief. But it also means the target audience – my lecturer and whoever looks over the…

  • Update – Interesting Times

    First of all, because the origins of quotes are weirdly important to me, check out this rundown from Quote Investigator of why ‘May you live in interesting times’ is not a quote from any ancient culture. That said, living in interesting times does feel like a bit of a cursed…

  • Journal – Week 2

    For those playing at home, you’ll probably realise I’m much more of a panster than a planner. But as I’ve discussed previously, I think its good to have both capabilities as tools to use for writing. However because of the way the dissertation is set up (and also to give…