Yay!

Two important developments - first of all, I HAVE A PLAN! Not, alas, for world domination, but for the second part of Honeybees. So that's really cool. Whereas with Part One, I had a plan and then blew it all to hHell in interesting and creative ways, I will probably not diverge too much from what I've work out. Part One was about me discovering the parameters of the world I was writing about, Part two is more plot focused. So while I'll be open to new ideas, I expect to end up pretty much where I the plan says I should nd up.

The second important development isn't really a development at all, it is a sort of almost nearly development - I'm within a spit and whistle of 10,000 words for Part Two. Which, given the creative ennui and unhalthfulness and so forth, is something. Obviously, actualyl breaking 10K would be more worth noting, and something I should have done a month ago, but things are certainly looking up.

Finally

... a break through. Since Socnoc, I have been pottering about, trying to decide what to do with the 50,000 word not-bad manuscript I'd produced.

First, I took a couple of weeks off. Then I had Swine Flu. Then I edited what I had written, trimming some of the fat and correcting the egregious errors. Then I though I had a good idea and tried to tease it out. Then I found myself stuck. Then, after procrastinating for another couple of weeks - taking me to near the end of August - I forced myself to start writing again, even though I was still uncertain about how I was going to do whatever it was I was trying to do. Then I got all unhappy, and unwell again and took a few nights off, continually telling myself I'd start writing real soon.

Finally, last night I worked it out. The orginl concept was all wrong. A much simpler, and much bleaker alternative suggested it to me. Which fitted with the whole thematic idea I'd been pursuing. And suddenly I actually want to write again. So it must be good.