maybe resolutions
Sitting here in Saturday morning quiet - an occasional blessing I get to enjoy when the God-King takes the boy out for errands while I "get ready for work". Sometimes it takes me well into the afternoon to "get ready for work". I love the sudden peace of it, the unhurried pace. These are the best of times.
Haven't done much actual writing, lately, what with all the personal drama, but I have been doing a lot of thinking. Last month I plotted an outline for draft two of COVENANT, one that branches out from the rather simplistic storyline of draft one. I got some useful feedback on it from my critique group and I've been mulling over it ever since.
I realized that what's missing from the manuscript is another arc - the arc of the antagonist. His reason for being, the guts of the conflict between the two groups in the book. Plus bigger-picture questions, like the theme of the story, what's being played out, what I *really* want to say with it.
I don't like getting derailed for so long from the physical work of writing it (it's been well over a month since I wrote anything new or made any substantial changes go the manuscript), but with this mental work done I think I'm almost ready to return to writing and revising. I just need to translate what I've been thinking into scenes, and figure out where in the manuscript said scenes will go.
I would like to come up with a writing schedule for 2013. I have a very hard time sticking to schedules - there are so many doctor's appointments and school events to work around, and the unpredictability of my health/moods and those of the Kinglet always seem to undo all my efforts. I find myself in constant triage mode as a result, using what time and energy I have to do whatever is most urgent, rather than spreading things out in a predictable, balanced fashion.
But what is the New Year for, if not resolving to try again.
I'm considering signing up for yoga classes at a new, local yoga studio. It's near my house and I could go two or three times a week. I could walk, othertimes - have a lead on a potential walking partner, even. And, I'm thinking, on the days when I'm out to do yoga, or whatever, I could go to a coffee shop to writer, after, rather than coming home.
I wrote much of the last draft of TO THE TOUCH in measured doses at a coffee shop. Spending that much time out of the house might mean housework will suffer, which isn't good for my stability, but maybe it would help me focus seriously on writing sufficient to counter the negative effects of a messy house. I would very much like to finish COVENANT this year, as opposed to five years from now.
Haven't done much actual writing, lately, what with all the personal drama, but I have been doing a lot of thinking. Last month I plotted an outline for draft two of COVENANT, one that branches out from the rather simplistic storyline of draft one. I got some useful feedback on it from my critique group and I've been mulling over it ever since.
I realized that what's missing from the manuscript is another arc - the arc of the antagonist. His reason for being, the guts of the conflict between the two groups in the book. Plus bigger-picture questions, like the theme of the story, what's being played out, what I *really* want to say with it.
I don't like getting derailed for so long from the physical work of writing it (it's been well over a month since I wrote anything new or made any substantial changes go the manuscript), but with this mental work done I think I'm almost ready to return to writing and revising. I just need to translate what I've been thinking into scenes, and figure out where in the manuscript said scenes will go.
I would like to come up with a writing schedule for 2013. I have a very hard time sticking to schedules - there are so many doctor's appointments and school events to work around, and the unpredictability of my health/moods and those of the Kinglet always seem to undo all my efforts. I find myself in constant triage mode as a result, using what time and energy I have to do whatever is most urgent, rather than spreading things out in a predictable, balanced fashion.
But what is the New Year for, if not resolving to try again.
I'm considering signing up for yoga classes at a new, local yoga studio. It's near my house and I could go two or three times a week. I could walk, othertimes - have a lead on a potential walking partner, even. And, I'm thinking, on the days when I'm out to do yoga, or whatever, I could go to a coffee shop to writer, after, rather than coming home.
I wrote much of the last draft of TO THE TOUCH in measured doses at a coffee shop. Spending that much time out of the house might mean housework will suffer, which isn't good for my stability, but maybe it would help me focus seriously on writing sufficient to counter the negative effects of a messy house. I would very much like to finish COVENANT this year, as opposed to five years from now.