SepNoWriMo

Okay, most of you will know the drill. It's a new month (where I am, at least) and we all have things we should be doing.

Feel free to use this thread to keep yourself on track, whatever it is you need to do. Everyone's welcome!

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For me, I will be doing what I did in August - Uni homework. Yeah, so exciting.

So I have an essay due in a few weeks, and another due at the start of October, so they'll both have to be done this month. Lots of readings, writing poems, etc.

Have at it!

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Is October meant to be a time to write a gothic novel? That's awesome!

So far today, I have read 2 articles for poetry, and written a bitch of a poem. Sestinas... How I loathe thee!

Need to write another poem (this time of my own choosing) and then work on my portfolio entries. And at some point I really need to make time for the essay...

Waiting for lunch now. Getting take-out. Woo!

ETA: Lunch had, and another poem written. As has so often been the case with this semester's poems, I didn't know what I was going to say until I was halfway through the poem. So I guess all my poems will need heavy edits before the final assignment...

ETA2: Wrote about 1000 words for my portfolio entry. Slowly knocking things off my to-do list...

Did 4 (short) readings for poetry. 2 more to go, but they can be done while I'm at the grandparents' place.

So I pretty much have nothing else to do but my essay. Eek! Essay! I still don't have a strong argument planned for it... It's gonna be a bitch to write, I think.

Going to take some time for myself now.

ETA: Wound up doing the other readings. Seems I can't relax lately if there's something productive I could be doing... Still unsure about the essay...

I have to write an essay today. I really don't want to, but I will...

Okay, so I wasted the whole morning. The plumber was here, doing loud things, so I didn't feel like working on anything.

But I have just chosen 6 poems to focus on for my essay. It's a 1000 word essay, so 6 should be more than enough. (The poems will be attached at the end of the essay, and so don't count towards the wordage, unless I feel compelled to quote a particular line or two...)

So I guess now I just have to write the bloody thing... Not looking forward to it.

ETA: 936 words, and the essay is done. It will need heavy edits, which I had anticipated. This is exactly why I did it a week early! Going to relax for the rest of the night.

I got my first graded piece for second semester back today. It was a short-answer assignment for philosophy. I got... dun dun dun... 24/25. Woo!

I didn't have a good look at where I lost a mark... Might take a peak later. So happy with that!

1 week till I have to submit the poetry essay. (We're submitting online, which is new... Usually it's on-campus on-paper.) Today's poetry class was helpful... I've already written the first draft of the essay, but today I found out what I need to focus on in edits to maximise my chance of getting a knockout grade.