Video Games and Pizza (are not conducive to writing)
I made it to exactly 1667 on Day 1. I got another 697 words done yesterday, which is less than I wanted. I would really like to overshoot for at least the first week. But yesterday ended up being eaten by Guitar Hero III (which we've rented) and Evil Dead: Regeneration (which my brother bought). Evil Dead, by the way, is awesome. There's really no other word for it. So my brother, his friend, and I had pizza and played video games for a while, and then my parents got home and my other brother and sister-in-law showed up and we watched Pushing Daisies (I love that show), and then watched Phenomenon (I have newfound respect for Criss Angel after the Jim Callahan thing), and then it was midnight and I was tired.My arms, by the way, are better, although both are still sore when touched. I've never had a flu shot before so I have no idea whether being sore for two days after is normal or not. In any case, it's no longer interfering with my typing (just my sleeping). So that's something.
Muffin Stüstik is, as yet, not blatantly satirical. I've thrown in a good number of clichés (and other oft-used elements that aren't necessarily cliché) to be expounded upon later, including the wizened old guy who's kind of creepy, the separated friends who reunite after several years and puberty and will eventually fall in love, the sick parent (not sure if she dies yet), the mystical/magical object (a ring, given to him by Creepyoldguy and which he doesn't know yet is mystical/magical), the hero having an unusual talent (though truth be told the ability to identify spices in a mix doesn't seem to be terribly helpful), the ominous landscape ("death to the north"), and I'm sure several others.
So it should go alright. Now I'm off to have leftover pizza.
Labels: Muffin Stüstik and the Face, NaNoWriMo, Non-Fiction
posted by Tracey @ 12:35 PM
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