Writing on Wednesday got off to a bad start. I tried writing on my lunch hour. As I told Wendy, I got five words, two of which was "Chapter" and "Three."
I was dead tired when I got home and was resigned to not writing that night. I watched an episode of Futurama, then put in my copy of Super Furry Animal's "Rings Around the World," which reminds me of Beck -- kind of a space-age folk rock thing. Parts of it also remind me of Queen's soundtrack to the '70s "Flash Gordon" movie. And Chris Baty did say it's important to have a soundtrack to listen to when writing a novel in 30 days. And guess what? I started writing.
I didn't get as much as the first two days, but Chapter Three is done -- just under the 1,667 daily word quota. So I need to develop my soundtrack more. Beck, maybe some Coldplay, and for Boston Jones' theme -- well, I did have the Buzz Lightyear theme playing in my head when I introduced him at the end of Chapter One, but it turns out that Boston is a space cowboy. So his actually theme song is -- don't judge me too harshly for this! -- Kid Rock's "Cowboy."
Any other suggestions for my writing soundtrack would be greatly appreciated.
And it looks like Wendy is kicking butt and taking no prisoners with her book, too. She knocked out 3,000 words the other night. Way to go, Wendy!
Couple last bits: My shiny new PDA thingy I got last week? Price just went down $50. And soon I'll have a picture of Boston Thomas to post.
Word count: 6,349
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