Snow in late March...really?!



Times Square from the 26th Floor


It’s a cold, dark, wet day in NYC. It’s snowing and the skies are heavy with cloud cover. The sky has a greenish tint today. I wonder if the storm is supposed to become more severe. By the look of that sky, I say it may just surprise us all.

Let’s see yesterday I took a break from the story. I was too high anxiety to settle down enough to figure out the best way to solve the issues that I’m seeing. I really love the first 10 pages but that dynamic voice in the beginning is no where else in the story. How in the world did I lose it? I may just have to lop off the beginning and make that into a short story or I have to rewrite the voice in the rest of the novel. Either way, I need to think of the small task at hand instead of the mountain that sits before me. Otherwise, it’ll never get done. So tonight when I get home from work, I will re-read this piece with a legal pad in hand to jot down more notes. The first pass was just to hear the voice and figure out the readability of it. I may create an outline of the story just to make sure that I have good bones/structure. I already know that there is a 6 page section that needs to be cut and there are a few key places that need to be built up. There is something missing with the story but I don’t know what it is yet. It’s just a feeling, like the moment right before you know you’re thirsty. You don’t quite know what you need until you make a mental check. Same thing. I guess I’ll need to work through it (by writing) to figure it out.


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In like a lion, out like a lamb

Today I am finally re-reading my sci-fi story after a 4-week hiatus. I’ve only gotten through the first 15 pages and I can see a glaring logistical problem. *argh* The problem is making it difficult to read because my brain keeps spinning out on it. I’ll need to fix it but I’m not really sure how just yet. What crap! No, not the work. I just mean that I was anticipating this problem but I didn’t realize how this would change some of the structure/foundation of the story itself. It means a much deeper revision than I first thought. My inner critic will have a field day ripping it to pieces and putting it back together.

What is working: I like the tempo and how it reads in the first section. In fact, I may have lost it towards the end of the story. The momentum seems to have faded at the mid-point. But that can be re-written. Hmmm. I’m starting to make notes of changes so far. My brain is on fire, can you smell the smoke? It’s a restless unfocused energy and I’m having a hard time settling myself down long enough to work on the fiction.

It’s actually snowing today! Really? The first day of spring was yesterday. What happened to March coming in like a lion and going out like a lamb? Big fluffy snowflakes do not count as going out like a lamb. All for now…I’m going to sit here and grumble to myself for a while. *arms crossed, grumbling*

Lily


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Rolling in the Deep

Okay, I get that sometimes I'm a "jackie come lately" but this morning I saw a video of Adele's Rolling in the Deep and oh my god!! I love it!!  Her voice is genius and I only wish I had heard it sooner.  Now I can't stop listening to this song.  This music opens me up and rips out my heart every time. Yay for genius!!

Adele - Rolling in the Deep: "21"

I've attached a link of the video above if you want to check her out.

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