Progress Notes, 2/10/09

This week kicked off with me taking my first "pass" right away on Monday. This is standard behavior when one's significant other comes into town; I'm fairly certain that's written down in a manual.

The plan for this week is as follows, with the focus continuing to be on "Those Who Don't".

Day 1: Complete: Edit the aforementioned. I'm trying out a new narrative style for the story, I'm not quite sure if it gets its point across yet but I think it might. See Day 3.
Day 2: Work on Sekrit Projekt.
Day 3: Go back to "Those Who Don't" with somewhat fresh eyes. Edit to fit new narrative structure.
Day 4: Projekt Time.
Day 5: Projekt Time, or finishing "Those Who Don't".

Naturally this means that my goal of having TWD done by Valentine's Day is unlikely, unless I get a bolt of inspiration (or a good peer review) and swap Day 4 and Day 5. But I will accept having it ready to go or ready for the scrap-heap as of early next week, really.

Working on "Those Who Don't" is proving a fascinating challenge, as it has evolved so much since I started editing it; I'd almost call it an entirely different story than it was at this point, though with the same root ideas. There are things about my flaws and talents as a writer that it is revealing to me, and I think that it will both prove to be a solid story on its own, and a good lesson for future writing. But for now, I think I hear late-night Trope surfing calling my name.