Quickly posting from work. I can't tell you how happy I am that it's friday. It isn't that it's less work for me, because weekends hold an entire host of things to get done, mostly cleaning and laundry, and chasing a 15 month old is, shall we say, exhausting! But I look forward to being able to space out and think of my current project without worrying about somebody catching me hehe.
I realized yesterday that a manuscript that I ditched may hold some important scenes that I need to modify and fit into this one. When I was writing that one, it seemed meandering and disjointed, and so many scenes just didn't fit. Thinking back on it now, I'm certain that I was trying to work out this current story back then.
At the time I was pregnant and had hormone induced baby brain, which lasted several months after I had my little critter, and it didn't make sense to me. I couldn't figure out why I was writing these scenes that didn't really fit into the story I thought I wanted to write. Now I think that this story was trying to construct itself the best it could.
Stories are organic things, for me, mostly. Scenes, themes, characters, all emerge largely on their own, and the story changes so much from the inception of the idea to the end. It's really a rollercoaster ride for me. Every single story is.
So now I have to open the document I shoved aside for over a year and see what needs to be used.
Okay, this wasn't a quick post. But back to work for me!
Cross your fingers that my little critter goes to bed early enough that I can start working at a decent hour!
Have a great Friday night, all!