not writing: Blood on Her Hands
Jul. 30th, 2023 04:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jazzfishI am not entirely sure where July got to. I had a lot of minor disruptions to my routine, with which I seem less able to cope well than previously. Might be because my routine is only loosely anchored, might be because my brain is still in recovery mode after the past year-plus / several years / lifetime.
But: my bike is out of the shop and my mental state is somewhat improved over the beginning of the month. If I am not keeping up with all the things all the time I am at least getting to some of them most days. Money is stable for now and, fingers crossed, through the end of the year. School starts in six weeks and I don't know that I'm ready for that but hey, six weeks yet.
I've been poking occasionally at "Blood on Her Hands and a Stone at Her Throat," a noirish urban-fantasy that's been rattling around Next On My To-Do List for, cripes, nine years now. I'd hoped to have a draft by the end of the month; that is almost certainly not happening. But: after several days of banging my head against not being able to write the next scene I took today to take a look at the whole plot, and figure out where I'm missing bits. (I chronically under-write, out of a fear of boring my audience. This means I leave out bits that are actually important. This time it was 'making sure the audience knows what the heck is going on.')
So: I think I've got a structure, I think I know what the missing bits are and for at least some of them where they need to go. As a bonus, this ought to make the big emotional climax have actual emotional resonance, which would be handy since that's the part that's had me stumped for years now.
I'd like to have a draft by the end of the week. I know that's optimistic but... it doesn't seem impossible.
But: my bike is out of the shop and my mental state is somewhat improved over the beginning of the month. If I am not keeping up with all the things all the time I am at least getting to some of them most days. Money is stable for now and, fingers crossed, through the end of the year. School starts in six weeks and I don't know that I'm ready for that but hey, six weeks yet.
I've been poking occasionally at "Blood on Her Hands and a Stone at Her Throat," a noirish urban-fantasy that's been rattling around Next On My To-Do List for, cripes, nine years now. I'd hoped to have a draft by the end of the month; that is almost certainly not happening. But: after several days of banging my head against not being able to write the next scene I took today to take a look at the whole plot, and figure out where I'm missing bits. (I chronically under-write, out of a fear of boring my audience. This means I leave out bits that are actually important. This time it was 'making sure the audience knows what the heck is going on.')
So: I think I've got a structure, I think I know what the missing bits are and for at least some of them where they need to go. As a bonus, this ought to make the big emotional climax have actual emotional resonance, which would be handy since that's the part that's had me stumped for years now.
I'd like to have a draft by the end of the week. I know that's optimistic but... it doesn't seem impossible.