It would appear that my
Moving Target entry for LJ Idol has attracted the fewest votes (after factoring in the folks with immunity), so I am out of the competition.
I must admit, I felt pretty good about that entry, and in fact, I was more concerned - if that's the right word - about how the voting would go with respect to my entry on
The Place That Cannot Be, but I survived that one, with a little room to spare (not that it matters). Still, there is the human factor to consider.
As I revisit my
goals for participating in this season of LJ Idol, I find the following:
...[H]ere I am, back again, seeking to broaden my horizons once more, and to reinforce those mental processes and pathways that guide my fingers over that keyboard.
I find that I can give myself full marks for achieving those goals.
What, specifically, can I take away from this season? Here's a short, incomplete list:
- The more often I write, the easier it gets.
- I'm coming around to the idea that I can write fiction.
- I can write under pressure. It's a matter of making the time, even when it seems there is no time.
- Story ideas are all over the place! "Finding" them is actually easy.
- Occasionally, pieces will write themselves.
Huge thanks to all who, over the course of the season, have left kind words in comments to my entries. And although I have not been very effusive in my interactions outside my entries, please know that I have always had nothing but the greatest admiration for my fellow contestants.
Now, what remains is to apply what I've learned this season to life outside of LJ Idol.
Cheers...
