ROW80-4 - check in 10/14 - Still searching
October 14, 2012
Not for a lost chord, but for that elusive NaNoWriMo plot idea. If all else fails I could carry on from the last two year's novels to complete a trilogy, but I pretty well wrapped everything up at the end of the last one. Don't want a random pick, I do have some ideas from all my Flash Fiction stories, just need to pick a few now and outline a bit to see where they go. I need characters with goals and issues and problems and revelations - characters the reader will actually give a shit about.
So - what have I been up to?
- writing
- Did another Flash Fiction for Terrible minds. Challenge was to pick from a list of titles, I chose The Black Lighthouse and wrote about bullying. I'd done another bullying one a while back too, but I guess the recent cyber-bullying case of Amanda Todd was on my mind.
- Still scanning old stories for ideas for NaNoWriMo
- reading about writing - about outlining and plotting, via books and the Interwebs.
- health
- Getting out each day for some walking - to various degrees. Nothing else - yet. No weights or early morning yoga.
- other
- Checked out the Ottawa Brewery Market event last Saturday. Bonded with family and friends, tried some great beers. Micro-breweries seem to be spreading here, with some very interesting brews. They typically sell to only a few small pubs near their brewery, but you can also buy Growlers from most of them - 2 litres at a time.
- Guess my taxes were received OK - they cashed both cheques Friday.
- Caught up with Doctor Who. I do NOT like episodes with those stone angels! I just looked behind myself again - nothing there.
Lol on Dr Who - just watched that one a week ago myself. Good luck with your ROW80 goals and finding the plot.
Posted by: Hunter | October 15, 2012 at 02:39 AM
so sad:( you are you talking about the Pond one? love Dr Who have done since the 60s - oh dear that does date me and I wasn't even a child! - good luck in finding a plot - my back up plot comes from a story I wrote in my 'teens' obviously decades out of date:) I am chaging it from a pathetic attempt to write a love story when I was barely out of nappies to a fatasy and 6 decades of cynisim behind me:) keep smiling
Posted by: alberta ross | October 15, 2012 at 10:40 AM
It sounds like you are moving along, and have a good grasp on ways to shake loose that NaNo plot.
Those stone angels are the topic of much discussion here.
I love when you take us along on your walks.
I'll see you here, and during NaNo, as well.
Posted by: Shan Jeniah Burton | October 16, 2012 at 10:34 PM