It is Monday. I can actually say I had a quasi-productive weekend and that things are getting back to normal around here. Now we are only going to be 12 degrees below normal instead of the 30-40 we have been for the last couple of weeks. I have a drift in my front yard that all but buries a 9 ft flowering cherry tree and I won't be able to tell if my mailman has come without actually going out to check.
Still, I managed some quality reading this weekend and a couple of pages of material in my work that I started for the Triangulation antho series but I determined soon after I started that the story was going to be far too long. Even now (and despite the fact that I have been working on this for 3 weeks now) it stands at 4K and I feel it is just getting started. I have to say that it is really weird writing from the point of view of a ten year old girl. I know where the story will end up (approximately) but getting from where she is to where she needs to go is going to be fun and potentially very challenging. I secretly hope it is.
So far I think I have four-thousand words of very good material. Time will tell if I am correct. In case you haven't noticed I am going for quality over quantity in this one and the words are leaking slowly out of me. I am deliberating over every phrase and word and hoping that each one rings true. It is frustrating at times and maddeningly slow, but when I re-read what I have it brings a smile to my face.
The weird part is that it isn't even Horror. It is more of fantasy than anything else. Off to make a pot of coffee and see where today takes me now. Have a good Monday.
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10 comments:
Woo! Your new piece sounds uber interesting! I'd cross my fingers for you, but that would make it tough to type. Hopefully the sentiment is enough. ;)
Carrie, I haven't been this excited about a story in awhile. Sure, I have been excited about stories, but not this excited. I just wish it would come out faster than it is.
I tried to write from the POV of a 13 year old girl once - I find it pretty difficult. Good luck!
Oh dear, I think you'd laugh if you saw how I navigate walkin on one inch of compacted snow/ice - I'd never leave the house if we had 9ft...
Good luck with your Triangulation story.
Jeremy, I did that with a short story last year. I was pretty happy with it, but it still hasn't found a home.
Cate, I would almost kill to only have and inch of this stuff. Almost.
I'm getting soft spot for Mondays. I get all itchy to write over the weekends!
Good luck with being a ten-year old girl : )
I mean...uh. There comes a special time in every person's life.... ; )
That is some seriously cold weather. The new story sounds very interesting.
Jamie, when I complain about the weather, I just need to say: Well, at least I don't live in Iowa. I love mixing up POV and look forward to where your piece goes.
Nat, My days really just run together.
Danielle, it is damn cold around here.
Aaron, that is funny. I say the same thing about Kansas. ;)
That sounds like really good stuff-- I love dark fantasy above all things, so it's extra interesting.
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