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Writing Remarks

Thursday, 04 November, 2010
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Meet: The “Hope” Bompkin

Question of the Day: What did you do last summer? xD

So my Halloweekend was GREAT! Sort of… Michael and I hung out at my apartment, watching episodes of Smallville (of course), comparing favorite quotes, and eating chocolate upcakes. Yes, CUPCAKES. Mmmmm. The sad part of Halloween was that no kids came to knock on my door. Thus, we had TONS and tons of Candy (yes, Candy with a capital C) left over. We COULD’VE eaten it all…but we didn’t. ;) Instead, I passed the Candy around in Chinese class as a sort of post-Halloweeniness treat for everyone.

As for National Novel Writing Month, I am currently about 4,000 words behind. AKA Two Days Behind. This past week has been super hectic, mainly due to the fact that I have a new story assignment (1300 words minimum) to complete as the writer for my college’s features magazine. Ohh NaNoWriMo, you just HAD to be in November, didn’t you?

Well, it is just the first week. If you’re having troubles, such as writer’s block, arguments with your main character, or just a complete loss of steam all together, please don’t give up. Every word counts. Plus, the more you write down by the end of November, that’s one greater step up you’d be than you would’ve been if you hadn’t gone so far.

Just remember that there is still…H-O-P-E!!! =)

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Saturday, 30 October, 2010
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Ha-Ha-Halloweekend!

Question of the Day: What is the most outrageous, silliest, or most unique costume you’ve ever worn out for Halloween in the past?

HAPPY HALLOWEEKEND!

First of all, I must say that NaNoWriFri (National Novel Writing Friday) went well! It was a very small turn-out, but Michael and I met some really neat folks living in our region and exchanged NaNoWriMo usernames and favorite villains/quotes/titles with each other. It was awesome and I can’t wait to participate in our upcoming write-ins!

Ahh….now, on to getting ready for Halloweeny!

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Thursday, 28 October, 2010
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YAYYYYY! for NaNoWriFri!!!

Question of the Day: Are you into math and science or are you more of a humanities and literary arts type of person? Or are you a mixture of both? If so, why do you think that is?

EEK! I am SO excited for National Novel Writing Month I can hardly think of words to express my, er… excitement! There are only FOUR more days!! I have heard people use SO many adjectives to express their thoughts about what NaNoWriMo is like. Crazy, impossible, amazing, unthinkable, ridiculous. What do I call it? Exhilarating.

Most of the time, my life nowadays is a routine. Day in, and day out, I go to class, I study in the library, I eat at the university dining hall, I study some more, I eat, and I sleep. Oh, and I blog. ;) I enjoy my days, but quite honestly they can get kind of monotonous after a while. I mean, eating the same shrimp scampi and vegetable soup from the same cafeteria every single day CAN get a little boring. Just a little bit. Sometimes, I feel like I just need to…GARRR!!!! Have some sort of wild frenzy and chaos.

That is exactly what NaNoWriMo offers. No wonder I’ve been addicted to it since 2006.
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Tuesday, 26 October, 2010
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You can take my life, but you can’t take my camera! (A Very Merry Halloweeny Blogfest)

Question of the Day: What are you dressing up as for Halloween?

Let’s hear it for Mia, who is hosting the amazing A Very Merry Halloweeny Blogfest in order to raise awareness for Book or Treat! A-hem. This is my first time participating and am quite terrified to be honest. D: There were SO many good entries (click the link above to see the rest of the participants’ posts). I figured since a lot of them are rather humorous in nature, I thought I’d make mine a bit creepier and more terrifying. Please keep in mind that I am still a major amateur when it comes to scary stories and horror fic. :) This is my first attempt.
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Monday, 25 October, 2010
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National Novel Writing Month 2010: think baby (as in baby steps) #2

In my last post, I talked about how creating baby steps (aka little goals) and incentives for accomplishments will help me and you win National Novel Writing Month. At the end, I said “baby steps, that’s all it is,” and the moment I published that post I could already hear fellow readers saying EASIER SAID THAN DONE! in my mind. So I just HAD to continue that concept of “baby steps” in this post…

Unfortunately, November happens to be one of the busiest months of the year. Thanksgiving, Election Day, midterms for some schools, homecoming for other schools, et cetera. And writing 1,667 words a day isn’t easy with a busy schedule, even one that is only moderately heavy with work and chores and events. But it IS possible and doable.

So I’ve created a hypothetical schedule that is hypothetically supposed to be planned out as a typical day in November for a hypothetical mother who is doing NaNoWriMo for the first time, even with Thanksgiving looming over her head and three kiddies to tend.
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Monday, 18 October, 2010
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NaNoWriMo 2010: think baby (as in baby steps)

Question of the Day: What is the one tactic you use to prevent yourself from boarding a train at The Procrastination Station?

One thing that gets most people excited about NaNoWriMo is the thought of actually winning it…of writing a book that consists of 50,000 words in a single month. Ah…like Audrey Hepbern says, “wouldn’t it be loverly”? It would indeed. I mean, it’s only an average of 1,700 words that need to be written per day, so it shouldn’t be too bad.

Here’s how many people start out with NaNoWriMo:

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Thursday, 14 October, 2010
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NaNoWriMo 2010: The Beginning

Question of the Day: Finish the sentence: Roses are red, violets are blue… __________!

I. am. SO. PUMPED. for. NANOWRIMO 2010!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jeez, I don’t think I could add another exclamation point. Well…maybe one more. !!! (Three more, actually) :) Starting on November 1st, every participant from around the world will be doing this crazy, seemingly impossible, incredible, amazing, wacky thing called National Novel Writing Month.

What: NaNoWriMo
No really…WHAT: Write a 50,000 word novel (or part of a novel) in one month, averaging about 1667 words a day.
Who: YOU! And anyone else who’s brave enough
Where: Planet Earth (who knows? Maybe on other planets aliens are doing it too XD)
When: November 1st to November 30th
Why: Because we can
How: Journals, Microsoft Word, napkins, StickyNotes, any other means you can use to document your work

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Thursday, 16 September, 2010
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Blog Post Coming Up Tomorrow

Yup. =) And it shall be epiccc.
Got a Chemistry mid-term tomorrow, YIKES.
So I am totally studying my arse off tonight for that.
Not that I haven’t done some already. xD
This weekend, I am dedicating time to
improving my blog and adding/revising pages. :)
Be ready!!!
Have a Thrilling Thursday.

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Tuesday, 24 August, 2010
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Camera Disaster + Picking Cotton Book Review

Question of the Day: What do YOU do to relieve stress when something goes wrong or you just have way too much on your plate?

It seems like the days leading up to and during your first year move into college is always bogged down with loads of events, work, and…well, unexpected unfortunate events. Unfortunately, one of those unfortunate events (in a series of unfortunate events, of course) for me was having my camera lose all of my pictures (including the ones for my last Summer China 2010 Scrapbook Post #3: Fashion) before I could upload them. Yep. What’s even worse is that my camera has gone completely nuts and various buttons and knobs on the thing won’t even work now. So I guess that’s bye bye to China Scrapbook. :(

To make up for my lack of useful posts lately, I’ve decided to do a nice little book review on Picking Cotton, a non-fiction novel by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino and Ronald Cotton. We read this book for our Summer Reading Program at my college (which I currently now attend, YAY!) and participated in small group discussions today. Here is a summary as well as my thoughts and some of the points that my group touched base on today.
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Sunday, 20 June, 2010
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Scrabble + Eggs = Scrabbled Eggs!

Question of the Day: What’s your favorite Youtube Video to watch?

Firstly, I’d like to say HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!!! Thanks to all the wonderful daddies in this world for being so awesome. :) My sister and I cooked scrambled eggs and a variety of omelettes this morning for the family. Unfortunately, I didn’t take any photos of breakfast but I’d be more than happy to describe the entire meal.
A-HEM:
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