Still stumbling on the threshold
| 21 May, 2013 | Posted by bill under novella: from a long way off |
I know, I know. I said I was finished with the ‘starts’ of this novella. I really thought I was, but it’s like that bit of not-quite-fitting threshold in the doorway from our dining room to our kitchen that I catching my toe on. I can’t seem to get the very end of this beginning…
From a long way off
| 20 May, 2013 | novella: from a long way off |
Well, there’s the working title for you. Interestingly — perhaps tellingly — I don’t know what it means yet, but there’s something to it that feels like my subconscious has found a connection that my conscious mind has not caught up to yet. Here’s hoping. Also, it’s going to be a novella. Probably. It might…
Re-started!
| 19 May, 2013 | ramblings |
There seem to be several starting points for this story, which makes sense in hindsight, but which I hadn’t quite expected. However, after a largely unproductive yesterday* and this morning**, I had a break in the afternoon and I’ve made it past the final start***! Here’s hoping things pick up steam from here on out.…
Some things just don’t go as planned
| 17 May, 2013 | ramblings |
But that’s okay. Or, perhaps more accurately, there’s nothing that can be done to change them, so why not find the bright spot, right? Anyway, I’ve got the new story/book/thing in a better outline form. It’s not complete, but I’m taking it section by section so I can start writing and get a feel for…
Gathering up
| 16 May, 2013 | Posted by bill under ramblings |
Most of today’s hour and a half was spent reviewing my notes about the various sub-stories, along with a little prioritization. Not much ‘to show’, so to speak, but some days are like that.
Writing right
| 15 May, 2013 | Posted by bill under ramblings |
I was a bit leery of today’s writing, given the other fireball of an idea that hit me yesterday and threatened to derail this current, long overdue story that I’ve only really just begun. I needn’t have worried. This morning’s work was entirely focused on the current story*. It was solid, strong and invigorating, easily…
Wrong writing (but still right)
| 14 May, 2013 | Posted by bill under ramblings |
I spent about twenty minutes scribbling madly away today, which was great. Except it was on an idea that had nothing to do with the current story. Ideas come at all times, which is (sort of) fine, but this one came with such a rush of energy and intensity that I am worried I will…
More ideas, less worry
| 13 May, 2013 | Posted by bill under ramblings |
Not much progress today, but I’m back to at least 5 minutes and that’s what counts. More brainstorming, mainly, and I probably have another day or two of that, but instead of feeling overwhelmed by the number of pieces I’m gathering, I’ve come to the realization that I have the luxury of choice, which was…
Challenges are good
| 11 May, 2013 | Posted by bill under ramblings |
Today’s work was mostly brainstorming and outlining. Yesterday’s start was unexpected, doubly so for discovering a potential framework for the rest of the story which I’ve been at a loss for all this time. I tried a few other options today, to make sure I wasn’t running blind down a dead end, and only one…