outline weekend with superstitions and kitty sightings

I had a weekend with my outline. It was an overall positive experience. on Saturday I added some detail and came up with some new ideas around one particular nugget of difficulty. By end of day Sunday I had thrown out all of my Saturday ideas, as they had made that nugget too complicated. Still, it was good to sit in silence and focus on an entire snapshot of the book. I know I'll certainly end up revising this next draft again (and again…) as that's just how I operate. But I don't want to think about that, now. A better way to think of it is that I don't need to make this draft perfect – as long as it's an improvement then I'll have something to work with in the next go-round.

Picture Source: fazen and Animal Photos!

I also experienced the benefit of taking a walk to clear the head. On Sunday, after rejecting those notes I had so diligently and excitedly written the day before, I needed a break. But not just a break to stand in the kitchen and eat peanut butter out of the jar – though tempting, I've found that this isn't the best use of time. So I tied on my sneakers and dashed out the door before it got too dark outside. Sadly, with no puppy in tow, but I'm getting used to walking our old routes by myself. That said, I did come upon a black, green-eyed cat who stared at me as if she read my mind: "I don't want a black cat to cross my path at night in a cemetery. I'll take this other route." This didn't go unnoticed by Miss Kitty, whose head swiveled around in impressive fashion. Last night, I found a black cat in my driveway when I arrived home from my walk. I don't know what to say about this except that my town has a feral cat problem, and that I miss having a pet.