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rain and writing
Apr. 2nd, 2009 03:42 pmDH was sick last night so I ended up driving the boys to scouts. We all had a great time. Oldest Son drew a topographical map on his hand, and Second Son had a guest speaker who was a general who has been to Area 51. (Second Son is really into space, UFOs, aliens, etc. right now, so this was a huge hit.) I had a chance to practice the organ and piano totally alone, which almost never happens these days as DH is now cubmaster. (Actually--Barnes and Noble is like, one block away, and if I didn't need that time to practice, I would have TOTALLY hung out there for an hour.)
It's pouring today in that wet spring kind of way, and it's perfect weather for digging in deep to a WIP and really wrenching out all you've got into it. And I have the chapter for it--my MC has to finally confront some things about himself that he's been trying his hardest to avoid. I'm looking forward to it. But Lap Boy says, no, no no! He is happy when he learns something new, but after a while the newness wears off and he realizes just how many things he still can't do--and then we are back to lots of agitated whining and general dissatisfaction. Second Son grew out of this, so hopefully Lap Boy will, too. In the meantime, I'm walking around with my head half in my story, trying to fill my mind with this chapter so when I do get a chance, it all comes out well. I've got other parts I still haven't figured out yet--I know that I as author want this stuff to happen, but I haven't found out a way yet for the characters themselves to inevitably cause these actions...so frustrating, as I feel like most of the book until this point is doing well on the whole causative action thing. Sure, the things that happen are because of the characters' built-in wants and all, but the specifics are eluding me still. It will work out eventually. I hope. I have a weekend to think about it, anyhow. The kids are all out until Monday, thanks to parent-teacher conferences.
It's pouring today in that wet spring kind of way, and it's perfect weather for digging in deep to a WIP and really wrenching out all you've got into it. And I have the chapter for it--my MC has to finally confront some things about himself that he's been trying his hardest to avoid. I'm looking forward to it. But Lap Boy says, no, no no! He is happy when he learns something new, but after a while the newness wears off and he realizes just how many things he still can't do--and then we are back to lots of agitated whining and general dissatisfaction. Second Son grew out of this, so hopefully Lap Boy will, too. In the meantime, I'm walking around with my head half in my story, trying to fill my mind with this chapter so when I do get a chance, it all comes out well. I've got other parts I still haven't figured out yet--I know that I as author want this stuff to happen, but I haven't found out a way yet for the characters themselves to inevitably cause these actions...so frustrating, as I feel like most of the book until this point is doing well on the whole causative action thing. Sure, the things that happen are because of the characters' built-in wants and all, but the specifics are eluding me still. It will work out eventually. I hope. I have a weekend to think about it, anyhow. The kids are all out until Monday, thanks to parent-teacher conferences.
