More writing today.
Got more writing done today. The short story is almost finished, and my initial predictions of it ending around 10,000 look like they're coming true. I don't know what it is about me that insists on being such a bloody windbag, but I'll go along with it and just do a lot of editing. I've already got in mind some things I want to change, and after reading Nancy Kress's Dynamic Characters I'm so very, very excited to make those changes because I finally feel like I know what I'm doing. I have a very clear picture in my head of where I want the protagonist to start and where I want her to end up. And now I feel like I can actually accomplish that in a succinct, believable way. I'm still not sure if I should be doing this story in third or first person, though. I've been working in third because that's kind of my default mode when it comes to writing, but it occurs to me that writing in first person might actually help keep my word count down. So I'll read through it when it's finished and see what I think about that. In the meantime I'm just happy that I got some really good writing done today. :) I'd continue, but it's getting cold, my eyes are starting to blur, my shoulder is starting to ache and it's only two hours now until the Writer's Workshop starts at the library, so now would be a good time to eat some food and rest up. I'm very excited to be attending another workshop and I can't wait to see what the professor's got in store for us. He mentioned something about critiquing work on the second class, which promises to be interesting. I'm not bringing anything in but I've never critiqued someone else's work before. At least, not publicly. I usually do it in my head but I don't always say anything.
Wow. I'm rambling. Definitely need to stop doing that.
Someone asked me how I was doing over at the ISBW forums. It brightened my day. :) I love those guys.
I wish the weather were better. This week has been nothing but an endless string of cold, gloomy gray days. I'm sick of it. SICK, I SAY! Either get it over with and start snowing or just go back to spring like you should have done by now. I'M LOOKING AT YOU, WEATHER GODS. DON'T MAKE ME COME UP THERE. I WILL BRING LEAH WITH ME AND SHE KNOWS TAEKWONDO.
Also, I love Diane Duane. I don't know why precisely, but I just do. Could be because she's a fellow dragon. Could be because her books are addictive and delightful. Could be because we're long lost sisters of a long lived alien species from the dawn of space-time. ...Probably not that last one.
*ninja-poof*
Wow. I'm rambling. Definitely need to stop doing that.
Someone asked me how I was doing over at the ISBW forums. It brightened my day. :) I love those guys.
I wish the weather were better. This week has been nothing but an endless string of cold, gloomy gray days. I'm sick of it. SICK, I SAY! Either get it over with and start snowing or just go back to spring like you should have done by now. I'M LOOKING AT YOU, WEATHER GODS. DON'T MAKE ME COME UP THERE. I WILL BRING LEAH WITH ME AND SHE KNOWS TAEKWONDO.
Also, I love Diane Duane. I don't know why precisely, but I just do. Could be because she's a fellow dragon. Could be because her books are addictive and delightful. Could be because we're long lost sisters of a long lived alien species from the dawn of space-time. ...Probably not that last one.
*ninja-poof*