Hullo Peoples and welcome to the..Project
I am almost there, about a thousand short at this very moment, but the monthly goal is in my sights and today it is going down. I had planned on sprinting by yesterday, but I ran out of steam, ahh the best laid plans of mice and men. Today is a new day and by midnight I should be there and post it up tomorrow morning. What a crazy month.
I spent most of yesterday just scribbling along on the stuff that needed to be filled into the beginning couple of chapters. Now a lot of that section makes more sense, and I am glad. I do have a sneaky suspicion that when that old rough draft is down, I will be revisiting this area in great detail, cause it just needs work. But that is for later, now is for spewing forth the idea, and moving the story along.
It is a good idea, if I say so myself. I like this story, these characters, and I am just wallowing in the world, enjoying the show. I keep peeking around corners, dawdling at shadows and frankly being a nuisance to my self. I am the problem in the slowness of getting it all out. I spend way too much time just staring and going, cool, oh look a shiny, cool. I guess it is a good thing, cause if I did not like the story I would have given up after about ten pages. I do that when I read a book, I do that when I try to write one. Fair enough.
I have said it before, I'll say it again. I have no idea what I am doing. I had no idea what I signed up for either, but I did anyways. This is hard, very hard. I always knew that and appreciated all the labor folks put into writing a novel, and when I connect with a book, it's like hitting the ball outta the park. There is nothing like reading a book and getting lost in it. That takes a ton of work and is not an easy thing to do. Now that I am trying to do that myself, the amount of energy and time is huge. I knew that, kinda sorta, but just four weeks in to this and I know now that I knew nothing about it at all.
So I added a wee bit more at the beginning and gave voice to a couple of characters and I am now ready to continue on with the main plot line. I guess. That sounds like I know what is next, where it is all going, but I am here to tell ya, I have no clue. Well it is all in my head (insert maniacal laughter) and at some point, it will get all out. It is just a matter of when and where. We all know the devil is in the details. Time to get back at it and make the goal!
Now where did I put that pitchfork?
Paddy with a Smile
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