Toadfish Monastery

Quote from: Griffin NoName on August 01, 2011, 08:06:09 PM
Another 120 words. 1120/3000 now.

Made the leap to new sub-topic!

           

Keep going!       

495 words today (but none for the previous 3 days) making 1615/3000. So just over half way.

Trouble is I have now run out of material that answers the actual essay title. Feeling desperate.

EDIT advantages of not being able to sleep - have just discovered that two books I'd forgotten I have cover much needed material !!

Quote from: Griffin NoName on August 05, 2011, 02:28:33 AM
495 words today (but none for the previous 3 days) making 1615/3000. So just over half way.

100 WORDS!      100 WORDS!      95 WORDS!      100 WORDS!      100 WORDS!

Quote from: Griffin NoName on August 05, 2011, 02:28:33 AM
495 words today (but none for the previous 3 days) making 1615/3000. So just over half way.

Trouble is I have now run out of material that answers the actual essay title. Feeling desperate.

EDIT advantages of not being able to sleep - have just discovered that two books I'd forgotten I have cover much needed material !!

In my experience, padding out is less agonizing than cutting down excess material.  Good work and good luck!

Thanks P09. This is really helping !!!!

Aggie, I'd rather cut down than pad out - I've no ideas with which to pad. I'm going OK right now as I have found some new material.

204 words today.  1820/3000.

If I could just keep this up.....................

Hey, you're ahead now!  Less stress if you produce less at some point.

I suffer from verbosity, so I always found padding to be a matter of taking more words to convey the same amount of info rather than adding any new ideas.  Simple and to the point is best, but on the other hand, English is a wonderful language within which one can often increase the precision of the ideas presented via verbiage, albeit to the detriment of clarity and comprehensibility.

Simply put: If you can't blind 'em with logic, baffle 'em with bullshit.

Go Griffin, go!

It's good to hear you managed something productive with insomnia. That's using your resources!

100 WORDS!            4 WORDS!            100 WORDS!

QuoteThanks P09. This is really helping !!!!

I would say, thank you. 
It's not easy to overcome depressional inertia, and you are serving as a fine role model in this project!  You are also giving me an opportunity to be creative, even if it's just playing around with someone else's smileys.
Keep going!

The depressional inertia won today. I had to sleep. Couldn't stay awake. So no words. That means more words needed on another day, which increases the depression. I don't know about role model. I feel useless. This is agony. I no longer even know why I am doing it.

Quote from: Griffin NoName on August 07, 2011, 01:50:54 AM
The depressional inertia won today. I had to sleep. Couldn't stay awake. So no words. That means more words needed on another day, which increases the depression. I don't know about role model. I feel useless. This is agony. I no longer even know why I am doing it.

hmmm... better make that a double:

Quote from: Griffin NoName on August 07, 2011, 01:50:54 AM
The depressional inertia won today. I had to sleep. Couldn't stay awake. So no words. That means more words needed on another day, which increases the depression. I don't know about role model. I feel useless. This is agony. I no longer even know why I am doing it.

If you'd been laying around in the back yard, drinking margaritas and shouting insults at the neighbors then, yeah. But sleep is OK! Another day is another day, and you'll write again on that one.

See it from the positive side. If it allows you to overcome your insomnia at least part-time...

Quote from: Swatopluk on August 07, 2011, 08:10:09 AM
See it from the positive side. If it allows you to overcome your insomnia at least part-time...

Quote from: pieces o nine on August 07, 2011, 06:57:33 AM
If you'd been laying around in the back yard, drinking margaritas and shouting insults at the neighbors then, yeah.

Now there's an idea. Why didn't I think of it?

Thanks for the vibes Bob.

124 words today, with my teeth gritted. I am so not writing anything of any interest. The person marking is going to be so bored. I just hope I get a pass. Anyway, total 1940/3000 so another 60 needed to hit the two thirds mark.

      1 WORD!      1 WORD!            100 WORDS!            1 WORD!            1 WORD!     

I so like the cheerleaders.............

Today's count: 175. Total 2121/3000. Over the two third's mark, just.

I'm on  a bit that does not take too much thinking about.......... which probably means it'll be low on marks but I don't care. Another day or two and I'll hit another sticky patch. This continues to be a nightmare and I wish I was enjoying it. The whole idea was supposed to be fun and interesting, not feel like a punishment.