Paul Schiernecker

Author: Paul

  • NaNoWriMo: Day 18.

    I’m not going to fill this entry in the way I have the last seventeen because I’ve barely done enough work to justify it.
    All I will say is that I’ve basically had the weekend off and it has been nice to just not really have to do anything.
    Today my friend Ant and I watched the whole Snuffbox series and tonight I’m going to see Peter Hook with Kate.
    I’ll be good as of tomorrow, I swear!

  • NaNoWriMo: Day 17.

    Word count: 39,073.
    Recommended word count: 28,339.
    Proposed word count: 42,000.

    So I didn’t meet my proposed word count yesterday. Still going to try and write beyond that today.
    I say I’m going to write. I’m sat on the sofa watching a documentary on Woody Allen. This is much more interesting.
    I’ve fallen out with my writing and need to apologise and make up pretty sharpish. I don’t know how I’ll do that.
    Ahhhhhhhhhh!

  • NaNoWriMo: Day 16.

    Word count: 37,403.
    Recommended word count: 27,672.
    Proposed word count: 40,000.

    Morning.
    Did some excellent work yesterday. Finally managed to finish chapter eight which is going to be the longest of them all. I originally planned to write ten chapters but its looking like I’m going to do eleven including the closer/ explanation/ emotional roller coaster.
    I’m now in unmanned territory. I’m writing about things that I don’t know. My characters are in a city/ country/ continent that I’ve never visited and I’m sort of having to wing it. The story is still onboard though. That’s the thing I have in my favour.
    I also probably made a faux pas in choosing to set my novel in a time before iPhones because ordinarily that would solve everything for me. Oh woe. On we go.
    X

  • NaNoWriMo: Day 16.

    Word count: 37,403.
    Recommended word count: 27,672.
    Proposed word count: 40,000.

    Morning.
    Did some excellent work yesterday. Finally managed to finish chapter eight which is going to be the longest of them all. I originally planned to write ten chapters but its looking like I’m going to do eleven including the closer/ explanation/ emotional roller coaster.
    I’m now in unmanned territory. I’m writing about things that I don’t know. My characters are in a city/ country/ continent that I’ve never visited and I’m sort of having to wing it. The story is still onboard though. That’s the thing I have in my favour.
    I also probably made a faux paid in choosing to set my novel in a time before iPhones because ordinarily that would solve everything for me. Oh woe. On we go.
    X

  • NaNoWriMo: Day 15.

    Word count: 34,572.
    Recommended word count: 25,005.
    Proposed word count: 36,000.

    We are now halfway through the month. As my good friend Sam pointed out to me last night I could write two novels in the month. I’m good but I’m not that good. I was saying to Ali last night that it is good to work with the pressure on. I’ve told so many people that I’m doing this that there is no way I would dare lose face by not achieving it.
    The fact of the matter is that Visions Of Violet will not be exactly 50,000 words long. I can already see that I’m going over. The chapter I’m working on is already over the proposed word count I devised per chapter, and I’ve decided to add in an extra chapter anyway.
    I did see that one of my ‘writing buddies’ on the site has 60k already. Well done to them but please, go get some air.

    Last night I went to see some friends perform improvised comedy. It was brilliant. It’s amazing to see how they can form jokes and ideas out of nothing. It’s something I don’t really give enough respect to when we are working together.

    Right. Must write. Must win. Bye.

  • NaNoWriMo: Day 14.

    Word count: 31,540
    Recommended word count: 23,338
    Proposed word count: 34,000

    Yesterday was an excellent day for writing. Managed to get about three thousand words out of the way and the whole thing is running much smoother now. I can almost see the finish line.

    This is only a short post because there’s a guy sitting opposite me who is desperate to find out what speed typing a novel sounds like.

    Peace & love.

  • NaNoWriMo: Day 13.

    Word count: 27,560
    Recommended word count: 21,671
    Proposed word count: 30,000.

    Hi
    Had some major dramas trying to back up my story this morning. I realised that I hadn’t done it in a week and the thought of losing ten thousand words eventually got to me and pushed me into action. It turns out that my antiquated iBook doesn’t appreciate having things jammed in it (not like that you pervert). I was trying to back it up to my external hard drive but it caused the system to run even slower. I got it done though.
    On top of that I also have a review to review before I submit it to Screen Geek and I’m working on something else that is long overdue. I’m lucky I don’t get held accountable when I don’t meet the deadlines I set myself. To be fair I did make the deadline but there’s always more that can be done so I will try and fit that in today.
    I’ve also got to work my actual job.

    It’ll be okay though because Kate is cooking me dinner and I can throw off all my writing shackles and enjoy some time with her this evening.

  • NaNoWriMo: Day 12.

    Word count: 25,204
    Recommended word count: 20,004
    Proposed word count: 27,000

    Morning.
    I am feeling wide awake. I went for a run this morning. It’s the first time I’ve managed that in about a month. I even ate breakfast. Now I’m ready for another day of torturous writing. I’m not enjoying it at the moment which just means that when I come back to redraft it there will be more problems in chapter five/six than in the rest of the body of the novel.
    I’ve carefully persuaded Stacy to read the very first draft to let me know what she makes of it. She reads more books than anyone else I can think of and has an eye for detail. With that safety net I’m just going to power through this thing.
    I don’t like writing being an arduous process. I’m hoping today I will get onto more stable ground. It’s the usual issue of over thinking the whole thing and not being able to see this in context of the rest of the book or the book as a whole. I’m just slamming my head against a wall here though. I’ll just get on with it and keep you updated.

    Peace.

  • Dear Friend

    It’s hard to believe it has been a year. Believe me when I say that not a day goes by where I don’t think of some reason that I would like to be able to contact you. I struggle to think of the amount of times I made an excuse not to hang out or see you and now it almost feels like I wasted a lot of chances and that I could have saved you. I know none of that really matters, and that even if it were the case it is far too late for that now.

    I need to tell you something though. I’ve become so much better and stronger for knowing you, and I carry you in everything I do day on day, and I’m making leaps and bounds, and I’m doing it for the both of us. You empowered a lot of people and I hope you’re looking down and seeing all the things you were able to bring about in your short time on earth. Your time was limited so we could all make the most of what we had and I thank you for that.

    Make sure you keep things lively up there and I’ll keep on trying down here.

    Peace & love.

    Paul.

  • NaNoWriMo: Day 10.

    Word count: 24,330
    Recommended word count: 16,670
    Proposed word count: 26,000

    Last night I went to the Odeon at Panton Street to watch another film that makes up part of the Korean Film Festival. I became aware that I was laughing at the funny bits at different times to everyone else in the room. The reason for this is that I was reading the punch lines and everyone else was hearing them, it was a surreal experience. I’ve got to try and write up my review today, as well as working on my novel, cleaning the house and watching films.

    Oh yeah. I got a promotion at work. On Tuesday I had an interview for a management position and against all of the odds I got it. I’m sort of in shock over it. It’s an amazing opportunity and I’m looking forward to the challenge.

    Right. I need to write.