What dreary, dreary weather. It's the middle of a Saturday afternoon that I thought might clear up when I started the day but it's only gotten more cloudy and more rain is coming down. It started off with just a few sprinkles but has turned into an all out muck now. So much for that.
I have managed to pull myself away from my book. Yeah - the only thing I am 'on track' with is all my reading lately. I'm half finished with my 11th book since the beginning of the year. Yeah. Great. The only thing I actually do any more is read. Talk about vegging.
But - not entirely true. Today, I did manage to start that short story. I started writing. I had already done my brief outline. I had my notes and quick chapter synopsis ready to go. Then I let at least a week go by with not a word written. My mind was bombarded with ideas. What if I take it this way and what if I have the character do that and what if...
I finally went back to my outline and realized I'm overthinking it again. The entire idea when I started out to do this was that it would be a very simple short story. I would have an extremely simple Point A to Point B. A simple one. No multiple threads in the story line and nothing long. Six chapters and maybe 5000 words? I don't know how many words but not many. Short, simple, uncomplicated. Point A to Point B. Plan, Write, done and then - yeah - leave it a moment and then reread it and edit. Quickly. Simply.
This isn't going to be anything more than a simple, quick, short story.
So I started. And it's tough. But I'm enjoying it and it's there on paper now. So while I haven't done much more than read I can now say I've done this. Almost done with chapter one. Good beginnings on a mucky afternoon.
TT
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