Another Minnesota hell day...
Jan. 30th, 2008 11:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ostarellaYesterday we had a blizzard. Today the high is supposed to be 4 degrees (F) and a wind chill of -35. My sidewalk is completely blocked, as is my truck, so I'm going to have one hell of a time getting out to go to the store. I am definitely suffering from cabin fever. I HATE MINNESOTA WINTERS!!!!!
Anyway, I've got a fairly decent outline for Chapter 21 - see, JFM? I'm catching it from you LOL Although the outlines are only detailed as I get to each chapter - full story outline is still very, very vague (I keep having to change the chapter numbers - one chapter always ends up being two or three). But this chapter is the hardest - it's where Ruckus starts peeking in, and I have to fit in Dimitri's storyline as well. I think I've re-written the possible ways to work it about a dozen times now.
I also have to get a resume ready; I found a job for $2.00/hour more than I was making at my temp job, so...then I ran out of ink for my printer, and the only place to get them is either drive 30 miles to the city or order them online (cheaper), so instead I'm going to email it to my brother and have him print it out and mail it. Good God. If it were summer I'd just walk down to the library with my little disk in hand and print it there, then walk two blocks to the post office...life is so much simpler in the summer.
Did I mention I HATE MINNESOTA WINTERS? :(
Anyway, I've got a fairly decent outline for Chapter 21 - see, JFM? I'm catching it from you LOL Although the outlines are only detailed as I get to each chapter - full story outline is still very, very vague (I keep having to change the chapter numbers - one chapter always ends up being two or three). But this chapter is the hardest - it's where Ruckus starts peeking in, and I have to fit in Dimitri's storyline as well. I think I've re-written the possible ways to work it about a dozen times now.
I also have to get a resume ready; I found a job for $2.00/hour more than I was making at my temp job, so...then I ran out of ink for my printer, and the only place to get them is either drive 30 miles to the city or order them online (cheaper), so instead I'm going to email it to my brother and have him print it out and mail it. Good God. If it were summer I'd just walk down to the library with my little disk in hand and print it there, then walk two blocks to the post office...life is so much simpler in the summer.
Did I mention I HATE MINNESOTA WINTERS? :(
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Date: 2008-01-30 08:09 pm (UTC)Yay, outlining! Sounds about like the nearest I get to "seat of the pants" writing. Vague outline for the whole thing and more detailed one as I get there. I'm doing that more often now, though it varies depending on the story.
Your weather sounds scary. It's getting a bit cold here the next few days, may be snow, but nothing like what you have.
I don't even try to decide on chapters beforehand now!
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Date: 2008-01-30 08:39 pm (UTC)Yeah, it's just so hard to get around when it's that cold. I didn't use to mind it, but the last couple of years I just cannot get warm - I run around with long underwear, a couple sweaters and a jacket on - and that's in the house. :-( My brother says it's like being around a homeless person every time he comes down :D Ah, for childhood - when I'd be out ice-skating in this kind of weather...