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Cheshyre ([personal profile] whiski_sour) wrote2009-11-18 09:40 pm

If anyone asks, we're calling them writing inspiration pictures.

I've caught myself doing a tiny regression back to my preteen Bop days.

It started so innocently. I needed someone to keep my ass on track writing-wise, to stare me into productivity when I felt like slacking. Well, it just so happened that about this time that Jeffrey Donovan posted a picture of Bruce Campbell doing the Sam Axe stare on his Twitter.

Light bulbs, bells, and whistles go off in my head. It's perfect! Just what I need to correct my slacking ways. So I swipe it, print it out, and mat it with a shortened version of my favorite SGA quote ("I cannot keep sitting here waiting for you to have an epiphany. I am losing the will to live."~Radek Zelenka. It's the marquee screensaver for both of my computers. I just used the first sentence for the Bruce picture). I framed it and set it up on my DVD shelf so it stares at me while I work. It's a pretty effective reminder.

Fast forward to November and NaNoWriMo. Early on in the month, TV Guide graced us with a gorgeous picture of Nathan Fillion, which Carrie tore out of the magazine and gave to me on the condition that if he became too distracting, she'd take him away. Well, it turns out that Nathan is a bit of good luck because I hit 50,000 words today. Now, I just have to finish the rest of the novel before the end of the month.

I'm pretty tired at the moment. You wouldn't think that writing can wear you out, but it does me, especially when I'm busting my ass on the word counts. I realized that I'm in dangerous territory and that with my 50K in the bag, I might be tempted to slack.

Cue the bells and whistles!

I go digging through my drawer and find a picture of Chris O'Donnell and LL Cool J that Carrie got from an EW, I think. It's now hanging up above Nathan, my inspiration to get me through the rest of November and the rest of my novel.

Come December, though, I think I'll be putting the pictures away (well, all except Bruce; he's my daily writing inspiration). I don't want to go back to wallpapering my room in people's faces.

My dad still hasn't forgiven me for all of the thumbtack holes from the first time.

[identity profile] one-more-cherry.livejournal.com 2009-11-19 07:50 am (UTC)(link)
I maintain that that's less a "Sam Stare" than an "It's five in the morning, put the cellphone away or I kill you" stare.

I AM SO PROUD OF YOU <3 Congrats!

[identity profile] hobbitgal.livejournal.com 2009-11-19 07:57 am (UTC)(link)
You ROCK! I am soooooo PROUD of you! And I am still in AWE over your dedication and skill!