Haven’t written much the last couple of days ( although I’m about to hit the word processor right now ) I’ve just been tired as blazes.
Used plenty of time at work to muse, though. Have several things congealing.
Now, to see how far I can get into Blessing while I wait for my summer story in my third name to post.
Both of the stories I’ve been working on have been nagging at me with sticking points. They’re moving, but there was just something off about them.
The first ( in my third name ) I figured out yesterday. The story was just getting too deep for tales in that name, but not nearly deep enough to develop into a larger story, which will usually get posted as Les Lumens. I’m probably going to strip it down, speed it up, and leave it in my third name.
Blessing was giving me the same sort of problems. In this case, the problem was the other way around. Dara just wasn’t complex enough. Her motivation going through the story wasn’t really strong enough to carry off what I want to accomplish without a much longer story.
She needed a flaw or a wound of some kind, and I came up with it today. Meshes in perfectly with a character trait I’d already given my male protagonist, and I think I may just be in a position to go forward from here. The young one appears to be bedding down for the night, so I’m going to put on some music, and see if I can’t get this rolling.
Oh, head over to the forum and check out the “Tales from the tabletop” thread. I’ll be relating some stories there from my old gaming days that give you some insight into where my world and my characters came from. The game and the people who played it were integral to the genesis of my writing, so you might find it interesting. Many of them are quite funny as well.
Blessing is up to 4500 words, and that other story is a little over 2k. They’re both moving along — yet another example of my momentum getting back into a good place.
I know it’s frustrating to hear that SOTM isn’t moving, but the other stories are what’s getting my juices flowing right now, and that’s what I need to get everything else moving. I’ve been in a slump for a while, and I don’t want to break the momentum by trying to force anything. The next chapter will come. It’s beginning to nag at me like Blessing did, and that’s how things get off the ground and flying.
On a brief break, and then I’m going to jump back on the word processor.
*laugh* Yeah, my muse went off on a tangent last night and started writing another summer story in my third name. Once something gets in my head like this, I can’t get it out, and have to write it. It’s at a couple thousand words right now.
Came back to Blessing this morning, after closing out the scene I’d started on the other story last night. It’s rolling forward now, past the transition that was giving me fits. Getting that imagery of the BWCA flowing that I love about this story, and working my way toward the next bit of action that advances the story and pushed my two protagonists together.
Now, back into the world of the Wood.
Got that summer story in my third name finished, and I’ll probably do my first pass edit on it tonight. Should easily be ready to enter into the contest early next week. No way I’m doing day one on a Sunday.
Did a little more work on Blessing, now that I have the other story off the plate. Moving along, and it’s up to 3k words now. Just finished a scene, and getting ready to move into the next one. A little interlude before the next bit of action starts, tossing my two main characters together.
As always, I’m working on Lowborn and SOTM. I may pause on Blessing here in a bit to get the rest of the next scene in SOTM done. I think it’s gelled well enough to flow, which should bring me past the slight sticking point I was at.
Lowborn is still giving me a bit of a fit. There’s several things I want to accomplish with this final chapter, but I want to get the flow right.
Back to work.
