The aftermath

Well folks, that's right - I survived to tell the tale, the tale of the month of scripting. Mostly. Well, I'm here at least... always a good sign I do suppose. Yes, I reached my goal and submitted what I had and got the official count. All I'm really happy about is that it's done and now, I can putter on it and not at the deranged rate that I had to do to get to the golden mark. It also means that I can go back through it and adjust this, fix that... kill that - why did I put that in? Gods! What was I thinking?! Hmm, that may have been that night I stayed up 'til 2 am writing, may explain the blathering involved.

So yeah, survived and came out the other side. Sunday was Canada Day, our countries birthday for the uninformed masses of Americans out there (with a few exceptions that actual acknowledge there's something north of the 49 parallel). Big fireworks displays cross country, lots of drinking and partying, tons of food and goodies. Yup, now that's how one should celebrate a birthday *grins* But, I am beginning to ramble and things are appearing in my in-box, so off I go to terrorize some other poor innocent that has a meek and pitiful question. *sighs* My work is never done... Ciao!

Accolades galore please...

So, since I fully plan on sleeping all day tomorrow, today technically, but beside the point... where was I? Oh yeah sleeping the day away, well... most of it, I figured I'd put in my script for the final (ie: official) tally/count and the "official" word is 21,238 words. Yup, for me, Script Frenzy is complete and I have come out triumphant *grins* yay me. My script is, of course, no where near actual completion nor has it gone through the fine tuning process, but for the purposes of this trial, it was enough. Thanks have to go out to my buds Rylie and Jeannie, who have put up with more than my normal amount of insane ramblings. Poor Rylie has had to 'listen' to me babble mindlessly more than once during the last month. And Jeannie has been there to poke and prod me occasionally to see if I was still alive or not. Well, since it is well past the witchin' hour and the weeks stress is starting to kick in, not to mention the worry of the last minute crunch, I am heading for my bed, which doth calleth to me - loudly! Thanks for putting up with me everybody, don't ever, EVER, tell me about another one of these Rylie or I swear... *shakes fist menacingly*

Eat my dust!

'Lo everybody! Well, just wanted to spread the good word, I have done it. I have actually, not that I had any doubts, okay a few, but that's beside the point..., uh, where was I...? Right, news, good news *grins*, I have made it over the barrier, I have scaled the mighty wall, and I have broken free of the jaws of death from about my throat, I hit the mark baby! 20,160 words... and counting! Yup, that's right, going to type until the last damn second and then put it on the site for the official count. Yay me! *happy dances around* Yes, I know I whined and snivelled, more than once to poor Rylie *waves* hey girl! And I do thank her for her patience and not letter bombing me over the last month, greatly appreciate that. But, now that I've put the word out, I have more writing to do, so later peoples, I'll be back with the official word count on Saturday before midnight - Cheers and Peace Out Peoples!!

Finger cramp!

Okay, so was happily typing away on my gal-darned-blasted-pain-in-the-rump script, or as I fondly call it, my own personal pit in Hell *grins*, and I got a massive cramp. Yup, clickity-clackin' along and wham, bam, thank-you ma'am, my whole hand seizes. Now, you're sittin' there wondering how the heck I'm typing this ain't ya? Well, did I mention I can single hand type upwards of 80 words a minute, either hand? No, well there you go. With both going together I'm in the 140 - 195 range on a good day and when I'm in the groove...

Okay, totally off topic that, wow! Where was I? Oh, right! Finger cramp. So typing along and the hand seizes up. And not merely any portion of the hand, no, no... too easy after all. No the ring and middle finger on my right hand cramp, sending shooting AGONY up my arm so that I, more or less, bitch slap myself in reaction, unintentionally of course. But, I did quite a few words tonight, so I'm in good shape. Got it stuck in a hot water bath right now that is working miracles, thankfully. And I have uh,... 4 days left as of this moment in time (+2 hours for review and re-read to see if I will actually submit this thing) and only, ready for it.... Drum roll please! 2,000 words left to go (+ an extra 50 just in case minimum). Yup, I reached the 18,000 mark about two, three hours ago and I'm a very happy camper *grins* see! Happy. Well, now, I've practically killed my other hand with this spiel, so I'm outta here people. Have a good one!

Fizzled...

Okay, the brain is cooked and the fingers are tired... must stop writing script... before I pass out from something. I don't know *scratches head* something bad. But, I'm at 16,440 words and that's all that matters. I'll come back to it later, when I've eaten something and had a gallon or water or two to drink. Maybe I'll go putter around on one of the rpg sites for a while instead and let other creative juices flow for a while - Cheers!

Just passing by...

Okay, this will be quick, just an update... I am now at 15,600 words at 6:35 p.m. local time Calgary. *grins* I am so rocking this. If I keep the pace going I should hit 20,000 sometime around midnight local time. *giggles* Unfortunately it is making me slightly giddy, to think I might actually finish this bloody thing. It has given me headaches at times, but nothing much else unlike some stories I've heard. I've heard of people having nightmares, sleepless nights of worrying, going insane... well, that last one might be an exaggeration, but who knows. And, Rylie, my friend *grins* if I get it done you can have your 'writing drive' back that you seem to think I misappropriated *sticks out tongue*. Okay, back to pounding on the keyboard peoples - later!

Skidding through

Hello all! *waves* Just wanted to pop on and let you know where I'm at right now. I have been busily working on my script for the last couple hours, mainly because I've been bad and not writing all week. *grins* I've been otherwise preoccupied of course and the words just weren't coming. But, that's behind me now, they are flowing strong and sure and I am puttering along at a pleasant clip. The count at 4:10 pm local time is 12,750 words. Yay me! Yup, doing great, should get a lot more done today actually. I have plenty of time today as it is raining off and on outside so I can't get out and do anything today. Tomorrow is a different story of course, tomorrow I have plans and come hell or high water (both completely possible in Calgary) I don't intend to skip out on them.

I just wanted to touch base and let you know that I'm still alive and writing strong. I'll be back on later I'm sure to let you know the new count, but for now, cheerio peoples, I've got danger to write and a confession to put down on paper... what it leads to, well... I'm not actually sure. ;)

Lazy day

So I took a lazy day yesterday and today... Actually, yesterday I didn't dare do anything for fear of destroying, maiming or just plain, in the case of my script, erasing it. *shudders* It was a bad day yesterday to say the least. Not that it started that way, no, it actually started out pretty good, a little stressed, but that's a typical Friday, so no worries you know. But by lunch time everything went to hell in a hand basket and then straight downhill from there. Everything I touched after 1:00 local time yesterday either was seriously wrong or had gone down the crapper. It's true, so I stopped doing jobs and coached the new girl from the side-line, which seemed to fix the whole thing right quick. As long as I did not personally lay hands on the job, it left the shop all good and made it to the client on time and correct. It was just one of those days when Murphy's Laws kicked in in full force. I should have stayed home in bed....

Anyway, so back to the Script... I figure I'll do some writing on it tonight, and just putter along. I may not have actually done any writing yesterday but I was keeping little notes of things I might throw in. So tonight I'll see what will work and what won't and we'll do an update later on it. So, for now, I'm off to gossip with some friends and putter around on something else - Cheers folks!

Extra, Extra...

Okay, this was just too good to wait. It's too big to hold in, it's just too damn exciting... Okay, ready? I just hit, and surpassed the half-way mark on my script word count. YAY! me! It just happened, I'm soooooo excited. I'm ahead of schedule, which is a great thing, since I was behind not four days ago. So, I'd like to thank some people who, unknowingly have given me inspirations. My buddies Lory, Jeannie and, of course, Rylie, save the best for last *winks* right Ry? Well, now that I'm here, at the half-way mark, I think I'm going to go collapse in a happy little heap and do something else... Maybe do some plotting and evil thinking for one of my rpg SL's. Ciao!

Fly by post

Okay, this is a fly-by posting... I'm just stopping in to let y'all know that I'm 500 words from the mid-way mark! And to quote my friend Rylie - WOOOO-HOOOO! *giggles* Couldn't resist. So yeah, got a bunch of writing done tonight, and now I'm going to go eat and drink a gallon of iced tea before seeing if I can squeeze out anything else. So, for now, from the cramped finger capital of Canada - Cheers!

Making headway

So, I am kickin' ass and taking names if anyone wants a whoopin' *grins*. Kidding. Actually I've been writing since I got home, more or less. In the, roughly, hour and twenty minutes, I've plugged in another 1,935 words for my script. Which now brings the grand total to.... drum roll please! 7,445 as of 6:40pm local time. Not too bad and, I'm sure, I'll squeeze out a few more tonight if I can. Not sure if I want to right now, I'm at a happy place for a stop, so I may just go off and putter at something else.

Nothing super exciting happened today, just the normal randomness that is my life. Dealt with the whiny, the snivelly and the (so they claim) downtrodden and weary *wipes tear*. In other words - clients. Known in my industry as the "I-wanna's". I-wanna have it now, I-wanna have it sooner, I-wanna have it yesterday... okay, if someone ever, EVER, invents the time machine, I am so coming for you! This is your only warning... so be warned *gives evil eye*.

Other than that it's been a pretty typical day, except we got the news that all the new equipment is coming in on the 22nd of June. I can see you all going, 'yeah... so what?'. I shall translate, this means that all chaos and havoc will ensue upon this day. The shop shuts down for the day, everything gets rearranged and then put back into it's brand new spots. Sounds easy right? Then you come and move the 5,000 tonne machine all by your little lonesome. I so dare you! No, no takers... hm, shame. Oh well, I am off to make some one's life miserable and... I shall do this with great pride in my work - until later PEACE!

Another drop in the bucket

So. Yeah. Pretty much. Yup. Alrighty then. Sounds good. Sure.

In case you're wondering if I'm holding a conversation with myself, let me first reassure you that I am not. Then what's with that odd string of words up there? you ask. These are words that I have found myself repeating in my 'conversational dialogue' of my script. These are ba-ad words. So I have stuck them here, out of my way, and hopefully out of my brain for at least a while.

Update - no biggie, just got home from work and wrote another... roughly 500 words. So the count at the moment of this post is 5,077. Should this change, please refer to the right hand side of your screen just below the Script Frenzy marker for all the latest in news. Yes, I'm losing it, I'm a little twitchy from too much caffiene and then too much sugar while at work trying to keep moving forward. Which, as most will know that have little children, I am now completely hyped up and revvin' to go.

Good side - I can write a lot on this much juice.
Bad side - the sudden stop at the end is going to hurt.

But that's later, so I'm off to find sustenance and then to write some more, chat with some friends, update all my other blogs and basically try to see if I can annoy the kid across the way more than he normal annoys me... Cheers!

Plugging along...

Good evening readers of Wendy's horrid little life *grins* Just wanted to see if anyone was actually paying attention out there. Any-hoo *chuckles* I've just finished plugging in some more 'stuff' into my so-called script. Not sure what's going on, but it seems to be progressing, as you can tell from my little Wendy-o-meter over on the right hand side. Yes, that's right, I have reached the 1st weeks goal... today, true, but I got there. That means I'm 20% of the way done, but, fear not faithful readers, I will be returning to my so-called script momentarily. Unlike some, or so I have heard *shudders* I require the occasional foraging into the refrigerator for sustenance. If the belly growl, the brain shut-down, bad all 'round. So, just popped in for the quickie version of an update and now I'm off to plunder for spoils, yes Rylie I snacked earlier, but now it's dinner time and I'm starving. So, cheerio everybody!

Real life rears its ugly head...

So yes, my count for the Script Frenzy has not moved since Tuesday... been a little busy, but then... isn't that always the way? It sure seems to be, especially if you actually are trying to accomplish something. The Fates, damn b*tches that they are, stick their noses in and completely ruin the best laid plans. Or they did in my case. I had it all planned out, write at least a couple hundred words a night with at least a day off here and there just for perspective. Well, I know for a fact, I won't be writing tonight, have an email conference with a couple of pals that are overseas tonight and catch up on the latest in their lives. So.. that leaves playing catch-up tomorrow during the day for four days worth of writing. Should work, in theory, as long as my groove is working for me *grins*. Well, since I'm at work, I should probably go do what they pay me for... Cheers y'all!

No madness today

Well, it's sad but true... no writing today. Feeling crummy and the weather was just too damn hot today to be at all productive. So, there's always tomorrow after all, check y'all then...

The madness begins

Okay... So the madness has begun and I did a word count this morning... 976. Yup. At least it's a start right? Not bad really for only having done what... 2 days on it, this being day three. Actually, that is not too bad, it's a healthy start and there's lots and lots of time still, so yeah, no worries *grins* yet! I'll keep plugging away and when my little reminder goes off and starts yelling at me that time is running out, THEN I'll worry.

But, until that moment, I'm relaxed, I'm calm, I'm puttering along... and I have no clue what I'm really writing about yet. Hmmm, wonder if that's going to be a problem? It hasn't really caused any yet, so maybe it is a good thing, after all, I've got time scheduled in to do revisions and fixes and a really good spell check of course *grins*. Because right now, my biggest concern is just getting what's floating around my head down on the page, as I'm sure is the same for everybody else. The fact that I've got about six different sections that have no meaning to any of the others doesn't even concern me. I'm just writing what comes in and I'll worry about being able to 'make it work' later. So, until later, I'll be puttering away on this and I'll hopefully see y'all in a bit, keep you updated and what not... Cheers!