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sophia_sol) wrote2024-12-19 06:29 pm
sophia_sol) wrote2024-12-19 06:29 pm
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6 things: wordcounts, dusky grouse song, christopher chant, bird pics, volunteering, jejune
one
it's funny, my approach to wordcount milestones in writing! when I'm very close to a nice round number, it really feels like a milestone. like: wow, I'm totally going to hit 1,000 words on this wip tomorrow!
then tomorrow comes and as expected I surpass 1,000 words but I don't pay much notice to it, I'm just cracking on with writing. the celebratory feeling is when the milestone is in sight, not when the milestone is reached. interesting.
two
Recently I jumpscared myself while listening to bird songs. One of the recordings of the dusky grouse sounded like a creepy man making weird mouth noises into my ear! Thank you dusky grouse, well done, this is SUCH a funny sound to make as a bird!
(the second recording listed on this page: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Dusky_Grouse/sounds)
three
turns out Christopher Chant fits exactly into the character type I most enjoy playing in zoom theatre. I reread The Lives of Christopher Chant endlessly as a kid, because it's just such a fun book! And now as an adult I can see how it sunk its little hooks into my brain.
four
I need to figure out a system for deciding which bird pics are for my rl-name presence online and which for my pseudonymous fandom presence online, so that I can post bird pics here sometimes. And also on my website in the bird shrine!
five
Found a new volunteering gig, went to my first meeting with them, and within a couple of days was trusted with login information for their entire website and email and social media accounts. And I might be the main website person now?
It's amazing what power you can accrue by dint of showing up and raising your hand.
six
I have been mentally scrabbling around for the right word for. uh. years? to succinctly summarize for myself in private bookmarks a certain mode of fic writing that very earnestly and naively sands off all complexities in order to present a one-dimensional story.
My mind kept presenting "juvenile" to me but that's not actually the right word. But I could never get to the right word because juvenile was always standing in the way, preventing me from seeing past it.
This week the word "facile" came to me and like. close! so close!!! I could feel the conclusion of my quest within my reach! And then looking facile up in wordhippo presented me with "jejune" as an option and like -- yes! That's exactly it! I have never used the word jejune before in my life but I guess I am going to start now. In private, where the authors I consider jejune can Never see it.
Jejune! I DID IT.
it's funny, my approach to wordcount milestones in writing! when I'm very close to a nice round number, it really feels like a milestone. like: wow, I'm totally going to hit 1,000 words on this wip tomorrow!
then tomorrow comes and as expected I surpass 1,000 words but I don't pay much notice to it, I'm just cracking on with writing. the celebratory feeling is when the milestone is in sight, not when the milestone is reached. interesting.
two
Recently I jumpscared myself while listening to bird songs. One of the recordings of the dusky grouse sounded like a creepy man making weird mouth noises into my ear! Thank you dusky grouse, well done, this is SUCH a funny sound to make as a bird!
(the second recording listed on this page: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Dusky_Grouse/sounds)
three
turns out Christopher Chant fits exactly into the character type I most enjoy playing in zoom theatre. I reread The Lives of Christopher Chant endlessly as a kid, because it's just such a fun book! And now as an adult I can see how it sunk its little hooks into my brain.
four
I need to figure out a system for deciding which bird pics are for my rl-name presence online and which for my pseudonymous fandom presence online, so that I can post bird pics here sometimes. And also on my website in the bird shrine!
five
Found a new volunteering gig, went to my first meeting with them, and within a couple of days was trusted with login information for their entire website and email and social media accounts. And I might be the main website person now?
It's amazing what power you can accrue by dint of showing up and raising your hand.
six
I have been mentally scrabbling around for the right word for. uh. years? to succinctly summarize for myself in private bookmarks a certain mode of fic writing that very earnestly and naively sands off all complexities in order to present a one-dimensional story.
My mind kept presenting "juvenile" to me but that's not actually the right word. But I could never get to the right word because juvenile was always standing in the way, preventing me from seeing past it.
This week the word "facile" came to me and like. close! so close!!! I could feel the conclusion of my quest within my reach! And then looking facile up in wordhippo presented me with "jejune" as an option and like -- yes! That's exactly it! I have never used the word jejune before in my life but I guess I am going to start now. In private, where the authors I consider jejune can Never see it.
Jejune! I DID IT.
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Yay for finding the right word! (Now I want an example, for clarity, but I realise of course that you can't link any... :-)