Things to do by Friday

[katiefoolery]

Last night, as I was lying in bed or, more accurately, on a mattress on the floor due to the fact that our new bed was caught up in the stupid mattress fire and the replacement isn't likely to arrive within the next two weeks...  Anyway, as I was lying on this aforementioned object, I asked myself what I'd like to achieve by the end of the week.  It was only Tuesday after all; there was plenty of time to get something done by the time Friday comes to a close.

And strangely enough, a small voice said: Write a story.

I say "strangely" because, as I've no doubt mentioned (at length) several times before, I seem to have been writing out of obligation of late.  In fact, the last story I wrote for myself was probably Ever Again and that was a couple of years ago now.

So, after I checked to see if my Timothy was hiding behind the door, speaking in a squeaky voice in an attempt to convince me my subconscious was talking to me, I had to come to the conlusion that I actually wanted to write a story.  For myself.

I'm still amazed about it.  I was fully expecting to come up with vastly different responses to my internalised question.  Such as "nothing" or "design a new journal layout" or "spend some quality time throwing rubber bands at the cat".  But no.  My subconscious made a decision on its own and completely surprised me with it.

Stay tuned for Friday, my friends.  I might actually have written something!

Comments

[snarkymonkey.livejournal.com]

Huzzah! *cheers you on* I'm hoping for the same, my friend! =3

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

Goodness! You must write at the speed of light. I'd only just posted this when your reply appeared in my in-box. :)

Here's hoping we both end up with some lovely writing by the end of Friday.

[naelany.livejournal.com]

ouh, sounds like you're on to something? Good luck

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

I do hope so. I know it sounds small and inconsequential in my post, but it really was one of those enlightening moments. :)

[naelany.livejournal.com]

not at all ^_^. I totally get it ^_^

[sirgallivant.livejournal.com]

That's plendiferous! May you have every success. And cumquats, too.

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

Ooh, cumquats! Thank-you muchly. I do miss the old cumquat tree at home.

*giggles some more a the disgruntled-looking Aixe*

[the-kaytinator.livejournal.com]

Ooh!!!

A story!

Huzzah for setting goals and sticking to them! We're goal-setting twins.

EVIL twins.

*looks suspicious*

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

Yes, indeed! I don't know which story, but I'm hoping it'll be the one with the Honourable League of Psychics, because I think that could be a lot of fun. Mind you, if it ended up being the Sark one, I wouldn't be disappointed. Maybe I should smush them together and see what happens?

YOU'RE the evil twin. There's no point denying it.

[gravityslave.livejournal.com]

Good luck! Break a pencil! I hope your bed gets there miraculously soon.

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

Thank-you! And I hope so, too. We bought some lovely new bed-linen on the weekend and I haven't a chance of being able to try it out until the new bed arrives.

[crazedturkey.livejournal.com]

Hooray for Bunne! Writing for yourself is the most satisfying type of goal!

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

The good thing is that all this reading is paying off (as I knew it would), because it keeps giving me little ideas and snippets of scenes. It's all good!

[morbane.livejournal.com]

Well, that's just GOOD!

And by the way, whether it is to be written now in this golden enthusiasm, or later in mere green, you must write a mattress story. It's too delightfully odd an incident not to be written about.

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

I'm a bit too close to the mattress story at the moment. On the other hand, writing about it might leech some of the pain away. Hmmm... definitely something to ponder.

[violetcreme.livejournal.com]

Oooh, a story ! So can I put in a request for one of a PG persuassion or.... ?

*g*

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

Hehe! You can try, but my subconscious is a bit of a bully and will most likely push its way to the front of the line.

Love the icon!

[elfie-chan.livejournal.com]

*joyful dancing* Writing for yourself is a lovely, lovely thing. Listen to your subconscious, for I suspect that you will gain more satisfaction from writing than you would from throwing rubber bands at the cat.

...

Though throwing rubber bands at the cat sounds oddly amusing. I must try that sometime.

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

It's even more fun when the cat decides to throw the rubber band herself. At the moment, it's Pickle's favourite toy. The other night, she came into the bedroom carrying her rubber band in her mouth. Silly cat.

Hopefully, today will be a slow day at work (no students!), so I might get to work on this story.

slow day

[bunhusband.livejournal.com]

Well, if you are to have the story done BY friday as opposed to doing the story DURING friday, you had best get started:)

[elfie-chan.livejournal.com]

*laughs* Loki likes twist ties, but he also has a much-battered plaid mouse with catnip in it (a hand-me down from a cat that has, sadly, gone to kitty heaven) that he can toss up in the air and chase. He loves that toy more than any other.

*shoos the students away so that Buneater can work* Shoo, shoo! Pesky students!

[frohike.livejournal.com]

I was dropping off to sleep one night last week when a great witicism (sp?) popped into my head, and I thought it would do well in a story. I decided not to write it down because it was so damn cool I couldn't help but remember it, and also, it was cold outside my blankets. *slaps wrist* I don't think I'll ever remember what it was.

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, you must write them down! And any amazing dreams you have must be written down, too, because things are so easily forgotten. You never know, though - sometimes they come back when they realise no-one else will appreciate them the way you do.

[frohike.livejournal.com]

Mostly I do write the assorted things down (moreso in Summer) and sometimes I'll read them the next morning and be all "what on earth was I thinking?" or "this isn't original, I saw it on Star Trek!" and sometimes it'll be decent and I'll add it to my box (my box of old stories and notes and writer magazines) or sometimes I'll stick it in my poetry folder instead, especially if I wrote it with rhythm.