The Making of "Punk rock dating" week 1

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Original Week One post (from January 18, 2009)

"Punk rock dating" is a project I'm working on. This year I decided to finally finish the book I'm always talking about writing (and sometimes even start writing) . I always run into the problem that I get the idea, do a bunch of research and then get so bored with the subject I stop writing after 10 pages. On this one I'm saying "furk it" to all research, writing conventions, paragraphs, grammar, plot,  and planning...

I keep my mind blank all day and make sure I don't even think about my novel and then set aside the half-hour to an hour each night and just write whatever comes to mind at that moment, the theory being that the chapter I write everyday would be completely different if I had written it at 5 p.m as opposed to 12 a.m. Just splilling out whatever interests me at that exact second, being influenced by who's in the room, what's on t.v that exact moment, the conversations I had earlier in the day, etc. . So bear with me,

I'm posting it a chapter a day, and to make sure it gets done I promise at the end of each one to come back tomorrow. Cos' who likes to break promises?  Once or twice so far I've said "ah, I'm not gonna write a chapter tonight" but Amy and Jens pushed me to do it anyways and I'm appreciative.

When Amy says to me,"See? That's how it starts. you miss one day and then it's a few weeks..." my blood freezes and I get cracking...

so I'l need yer help too, if you see me slacking push me. This may sound terrifying (especially if yr one of the people who have taken the time to read it everyday, or even once...) , but I'm slotting this off at exactly 300 chapters. So at the end of the year the whole thing should be (WILL BE,) finished, to hell with sleep! Every Sunday I'll post all the chapter's I've written during the week here. So feel free to leave comments, criticisms, or just swap recipes! -Jamin

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2013 :

Obviously, I was a little off in my one year estimate.

A lot happened and I ended up dropping everything in my life and touring with my band. When I was done, I moved to a different city and basically started over again...So I didn't actually finish it until 2011...and the 300 chapters was pretty off too...God, I'd still be writing it!

I finished at 76 chapters, I believe... You know, I didn't actually complete the story...There was originally supposed to be 3 parts...I finished 2, but the end of part 2 seemed like such a perfect place to stop...and it's not like people were demanding more...I think everyone lost interest in it by that point...But who knows, maybe someday I'll write that final section... Maybe I'll even go beyond that...But either way, I think I stopped it at a good place and I think it's a fitting ending.

I did a ton of revising since the original posts... I re-ordered the entire book, added and removed sections, which was necessary, cos I really was just winging it the entire time...No planning, just blasting off one chapter a night in the alotted 30-60 minutes...So as expected, there was a shitload of editing to be done. My editing process probably took waaaayyyyy longer than the writing process...but here it is...The entire "Punk Rock Dating" epic... It's a brief epic but I hope you enjoy it anyway...

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