The Story My Father Told Me
Hazel Marion
No, of course I did not write 1500 words a day. I didn't expect myself to, and yes, this is a bad attitude to have, but I never seem to achieve any of the small goals I set for myself, even outside of the project.
I actually barely wrote 1500 words this week. I'm to the point where I'm making so little progress that I'm not even disappointed in myself anymore, which is kind of sad. But, hey, at least my project is still going somewhere. I don't want to sit here and write out of the reasons why I didn't write, or I didn't have time to write, because honestly it's not important. The fact remains that I didn't write. It's definitely upsetting that I'm not making constant progress, but I'm also working at my own pace which is a good thing. This project was assigned from school, but there were not any guidelines, deadlines, or restrictions I had to follow. This project was solely my own, and I've done what I've pleased with it. While having goals is a good thing that could help keep me on track, I always have trouble sticking to those goals. When I work at my own pace, everything eventually falls into place and is fine. No, this project hasn't gone anything like I have planned or wanted it to. But it went somewhere and that's what matters. I've started something big that will definitely come together in the future and I'm proud of myself for doing that. Three years ago, I couldn't make it past the first page of this novel, and now I've got 45 pages written. Yes, it's been over twelve weeks, but I still did it right? This might be a good time to mention that my project design probably wasn't the best for Genius Hour. The object of Genius Hour is to reach a goal, which I didn't really do. I didn't even set a goal to begin with actually. All I said was "I'm going to write a novel" and then just took off. I originally knew that I wouldn't be finishing the novel, but I could have at least planned out how much I was going to do, which I did try at first actually. But knowing me, I wouldn't have really followed any of the guidelines I would have set for myself to reach the goal, so it would have been pointless. Aside from the novel, I've worked on the musical theme for the novel some more. I recorded a version of myself playing it on flute in 8 different parts and I've recorded some improv on flute and tin whistle that can be written out with the theme. After the main fast part in G major, the theme will slow down and modulate into e minor, which is where the slow theme that I've improvised starts. I like improving because I have the best ideas when I'm just making things up and I don't have to worry about following any constraints. My favorite key to improvise in is e minor pentatonic. That kind of scale can have lots of culture sounds to it, most namely East Asian music, but also Native American and Irish music. The pentatonic scale is, in my opinion, the best sound in the world and I could listen to pentatonic music for hours. Anyway I'm getting super off topic, but I've got several minutes of improv recordings that I just need to write down. Since the theme doesn't follow a strict tempo, I can't put it into a notation software and make it sound good, so I will have to just write it out on staff paper and then record the final once I'm done so people can hear what it sounds like. Going into Week 12, I want to at least finish the third chapter of the novel, which I've been working on since like Week 6 now. It's the longest chapter and has already been through multiple drafts, and I'm close to being finished so hopefully that will happen. My final presentation will be in PowerPoint format and I don't have any plans for that atm, but I'll figure it out as I go along. Anyway idk why my blog posts are always so ridiculously long; I just have so much to talk about for some reason. If you actually read this, I hope you have a great week!!!!!
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Hazel MarionI am a sophomore at Davie High School, participating in the Genius Hour Project for Mr. Barker's English class. Archives
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