La Vie Boheme

It's been a distracted couple

It's been a distracted couple of days, but I've managed about a thousand words yesterday and today. Things are perking right along, plotwise. I've finally filled in all the holes in what I'd written up to the point I decided this was a novel instead of a story, and am now ready to move ahead with the storyline.

I also printed out the prelude and the first three chapters. Partly because I wanted that sense of accomplishment, to see those forty pages of paper all in a big pile, evidence that I've been working my ass off. Also partly because I'm really tempted to hand them off to someone else, to see if they find the story so far as fascinating as I do.

I'm always of two minds when it comes to showing someone an unfinished work. On the one hand, I seriously crave some validation. With a short story, it's easier, because it's finished sooner. With a novel... well, I'm in it for the long haul. And also, I'm spending so much time focused on this now, I want to be able to share it with someone who'll know what I'm talking about when I start rambling. We'll see. Maybe I'll just print it and stick it in a binder and look at it every so often until I've got more to add.