Writing Progress Report

Friday (9-23-2005) I didn't get much done. I got into the 'zone' and have a good thought going, and Mom wanted me to help her with something to get ready in case Hurricane Rita came to call. I tried to get back into it, but I think my Muse went to visit someone else, because I didn't see her again. Of the five pages I was going to try for, I got three written.

There is one problem with the Hurricane story. There's no problems, conflict or chaos. The hotel is very smoothly run. I tried to throw a monkey wrench into the mix, and either it wasn't much of one, or everyone is just too good at their jobs. (sigh) Maybe something will happen when the guests arrive. I might wind up scraping this story for now, and going back to my other WIP (work in progress), Randora's Story.

I'll report on today's progress later. So far, it's been ziltch.

New story idea -- yes, another one!

As we prepare in case we catch a piece of Hurricane Rita, I had an idea for a new story.

A hurricane is heading for the (fictional) city of Bodeville, and everyone is getting ready for it. During the storm the hotel has to be able to deal with emergency after emergency as well as keep everyone alive, unhurt and unbitten (for the mortals at the hotel).

It's rough, but I might work on it and see how it goes. I found a writing workshop late last night. It's called "Fast Draft Workshop" and is over at Romance Divas (RD). The idea is to just start typing and commit to writing twenty pages a day for two weeks. Some of the folks in the workshop isn't quite getting twenty pages, but they are happy with what that can do. Whether it's four pages, ten pages, twenty pages, or even better, more than twenty pages a day. The main point is to write. The rules are to not go back and read what you wrote the day before and to turn off that internal editor in your head. Then after the two weeks is over, that's when you go back and read, rewrite, edit, etc.

We'll see how I do. I'll have a problem turning off that editor that lives in my head. I'll try to update this blog as I work. Wish me luck. (LOL)

Updated the web site

I changed the look of the Midnight Hotel web site. I also added some pages.