Dateline 12-11-2017

Holy Moly, proofreading a novel is way more time consuming than proofreading than proofreading a feature-length script, as I learned from last night's efforts. I knew this would be the case, I just wasn't prepared for just how much a difference there would actually be since I figured the math would be twice as many pages would simply translate to twice as much time to read.

Dateline 12-10-2017

I'm pretty impressed with myself because of how yesterday I was able to waste the day away wasted while still getting to all of my daily tasks. As usual, for my bi-monthly booze binge, I bought a box of wine on Friday night and drank continuously until it was gone the next day. That's not to say that I was up the entire time but for the hours that I was awake I was boozing.

Dateline 12-9-2017

Though it was not in my plans, today might be the start to another one of my lost weekends due to the fact that box wine was on sale for $9.99 when I dropped by the store last night to get some supplies. Not only that but over the past couple days, I've managed to squirrel away a couple extra SNL reviews to where I can burn one from my backlog and still be ahead by a day.

Dateline 12-8-2017

You know how I was complaining yesterday that my YouTube was acting up after they implemented their new branding to promote their Rewind video? You know how I also said that I checked their Twitter pages only to find zero information about any known issues which led me to think the issue was on my end? And finally, you know how I said that this ruined the first part of my day as I ran all of my anti-virus and maintenance software in hopes to resolve the issue only to have nothing work?

Dateline 12-7-2017

I don't know why it seems that not a single week can go by without there being some sort of technical glitch with my computer. For the most part, my computer as a whole works just fine but there always seems to be one little thing that is off just enough to drive me out of my mind. Today's agita is brought to you by YouTube where it randomly stopped working correctly in my Chrome browser. 

Dateline 12-06-2017

Alright, things seem to be all back to normal as I am officially past the decompression phase that always follows the finishing of a long-format fiction piece. This round cycled through rather quickly considering it came after completing a major rewrite of one novel as well as writing a second from scratch. In the past, post project depression could last as long as a couple of months depending on how much time and emotional energy went into the piece.

Dateline 12-5-2017

Well, last night turned out to be a surprisingly fun night where I got to tap into my creative side without having to write a word... well... I take that back, I did write a few words but that's only because this creative outlet that I speak of was my effort to design the cover to the novel that I plan to share on New Year's Day.

Dateline 12-4-2017

Ugh, I've spent the past three days bedridden with a blend of a cold and depression that set in after completing the latest draft of my latest novel. In all honesty, I feel that the cold may have been a psychosomatic excuse to avoid the world while I processed the emotions that were brought up during the scribing of this partially autobiographic tale.

Dateline 12-3-2017

Last night I had a dream that I was back to my old self and was up in Seattle visiting old friends who were back to their old selves as well. At least, we all managed to suppress any issues and just had fun like we had in the old days. Though I had a blast while the dream was actually happening I woke feeling extra sad because dreams like this may be my only connection to these people and those times from here on out.

Dateline 12-2-2017

Damn, I already miss having the NaNoWriMo challenge as that backdrop to these Daily Breaker posts because it was so nice to have an opening line that I don't have to think of as well as a built-in topic to write about for the day. It's been so long since I've had to write a free-form post that it's feeling kind of hard to hit the ground rambling like I used to.

Dateline 12-1-2017

Welcome back to the regular old non-NaNoWriMo edition of The Daily Breaker where I am proud to announce not only did I reach the NaNoWriMo goal of 50,000 but I also managed to actually complete the draft as well which wasn't looking like it was in the card when I checked in with yesterday's update. I may have rushed a little and cut a few corners but at least I now have the entire idea committed to the page to tweak and expand upon in future drafts.

Dateline 11-30-2017

Welcome to day number thirty of this year's NaNoWriMo challenge where I am proud to announce that I've officially met the 50,000 word-count goal!!! This is only a half success in that I met the goals of the challenge but as far as the actual novel goes, I would say that I was only about halfway done. I'm okay with this because as I mentioned in a post a couple days ago, this novel is meant to be a capstone to tie several other novels, that I'm adapting from screenplays that I've already written, together which I need to finish before I can complete this piece of work. Not only that, I also feel that I have another 30,000 or so words to have a legitimate working first draft.

Dateline 11-29-2017

Welcome to day number 29 of this year's NaNoWriMo challenge where I should be hitting the fifty-thousand word-count target by the end of the day due to the fact that I am only two-thousand words away which is only three hundred words more than the daily recommended pace. As I've been saying over the past couple of days, even though I will be successful in meeting the NaNoWriMo goal, I think I might have one more week's worth of writing to get the story to the point where it's complete.

Dateline 11-28-2017

Welcome to day number twenty-eight of this year's NaNoWriMo challenge where counting today there are three days left and I'm still on target to hit the 50,000 word-count goal on time. As I said yesterday, I'm still not fully sure if the actual draft will be compete but after last night's writing session I feel that it will be an extremely close call. I just might need an extra couple days and maybe 10,000 more words to not only get the NaNoWriMo win but a completed first draft as well.

Dateline 11-27-2017

Welcome to day number twenty-seven of this year's NaNoWriMo challenge where I can't believe that, counting today, there are only four days left until I complete my novel. Though I feel completely confident that I will definitely hit the 50,000 word-count goal of the challenge, I'm not fully sure if the actual story will be complete as once again I went a little overboard in what I am trying to achieve.

Dateline 11-26-2017

Welcome to day number twenty-six of this year's NaNoWriMo challenge where I am now done with taking time off and am already rebuilding a new backlog of work to afford to take more time off around Christmas. Yesterday turned out to be pretty fun because it felt like I was allowed to write again and not that I had to write again once the break was over.

Dateline 11-25-2017

Welcome to day number twenty-five of this year's NaNoWriMo challenge where I am now done with my epic two day Thanksgiving break and can't wait to get back to my regular scheduled programming. Don't get me wrong, I loved the time off and but my body and mind feel better after two days with zero pressure, but at the same time, I feel guilty about wasting so much time without getting to the leisure time activities that I wanted.

Dateline 11-24-2017

Welcome to day number twenty-four of this year's NaNoWriMo challenge!!! Yesterday, I was successful in fighting temptations and took the entire day off from everything in order to enjoy my Thanksgiving tradition. Now, the goal is to stick to the plan and take today off as well, only unlike in said plan I'm not hungover so there will be no misery to have to nurse.

Dateline 11-23-2017

Welcome to day number twenty-three of this year's NaNoWriMo where I would like to start out this post by wishing you a merry Thanksgiving Day!!! If you've been following my progress then you already know that I will be using my backup content in order to take the entire day off in order to enjoy my boozy tradition without having to stress over deadlines.

Dateline 11-22-2017

Welcome to day number twenty-two of this year's NaNoWriMo challenger where I am now officially far enough ahead of the recommended pace to where I can officially take tomorrow off to celebrate Thanksgiving. Not only that but I am now also far enough ahead of the game that I can officially take the next day off as well to sleep off the hangover that is guaranteed to follow.