Meg Dowell Writes

Opening lines are always the hardest things to write.

Once you have an opening statement/line/phrase, you’re good to go. I’m not even going to tell you how long it took me to think of the one I just used on you. (Much too long. I have less time to write than I would have if I would have brainstormed my opening line yesterday.)

I’m doing well holding a spot at #13 in the stats. It’s pretty exciting! I wrote about 4,000 words yesterday. More imortantly, I got past the chapters that I was having trouble with (that is, not knowing exactly what I want to happen and why). I was at a point for awhile where one storyline (there are two) was going to be longer than the other, and for the one that was shorter, I couldn’t figure out how I wanted to make it longer. But I added a few things to it, some necessary detail, and it’s all fixed.

I’m over halfway to my goal now—36,277 is my current word count. I hopw to get a lot of writing done this weekend. Last weekend I got about 8,000 words in, and this weekend I’m hoping for 10,000, if not more. The sooner I can finish this thing, the better. I have to do better in econ this semester, and definitely better on my final (which will require me to study, which I hate). I hope to be finished, if not close, by my birthday.

Which reminds me…

I’ve decided that I want an iPhone.

I figured out yesterday that when you text with an iPhone, it shows you both sides of your conversation in cute little quote bubbles, kind of like IM (without the cute quote bubble part). I’m always looking at my outbox to try and figure out what Cassie’s messages are replying to. It’s really annoying. So I definitely think that getting one, just for that reason, would be worth it.

I’ve had the same phone since eighth grade graduation. And, as I’ve said before in earlier posts, I think it’s time to get a new one. It’s never broken when I’ve dropped it, and it’s got a cute little beat charm that Colleen made me at her old job. But texting is so much of a hastle…and I’m a big texter.

It would also be nice to be able to use the Internet on those billion-hour car rides, or when I’m waiting for my mom to pick me up from school, or whenever. I’m really excited! And even though it might mean I won’t get as many Meg Cabot books as I would have liked, it’ll totally be worth it.

Today is Friday! Which means I’ll get to come home and do nothing, which is always awesome. As long as I get through econ today, I’ll talk to y’all tomorrow, when I’ll write an entire entry about cookies (okay, so it won’t be entirely about cookies, but Evie wants me to write about them, so I will). Since I’ll have more time to write, it’ll be a longer post, and probably a lot more interesting.

Have a good day, and never forget: just because you don’t have a crush on him anymore doesn’t mean y’all can’t still be friends. Friendship is the best foundation for any guy-gal relationship. Trust me.

Love&hugs, Meg♥