Overflowing With Ideas!
The title pretty much describes my mental state this week.
On the writing front, I've had more story ideas in the past few days than the whole rest of the year so far. Probably more than I'll be able to write, in all honesty. I fleshed out the premise of my sword and sorcery deconstruction a little, revamped some worldbuilding for my rewrite of The Silver Shrike, began toying with the idea of adapting "Law, Love, and the Whippoorwill" into a full-fledged novel, and started developing a magic system which currently doesn't have a setting to inhabit.
Meanwhile, I'm still editing "The Death of Liberty?" and plan on starting my first round of edits on "A Helping Hand" soon. The latter may need a third scene to tie up some loose ends, but I'll cross that bridge once I get to it.
Most of my focus is on writing adventure fronts for our Dungeon World campaign at the moment, since just a few hours of work can create enough content for weeks of sessions. In some ways it's more enjoyable than standard fiction writing, as there's way less pressure involved.
I'm still reading Save the Cat!: Writes a Novel, and just finished The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars; although its villain and external conflict didn't grab me as much as anything from the series, it did a wonderful job developing the romance.
Also, I finally got a chance to read a couple of the complete but unpublished Conan tales Robert E Howard wrote: "The God in the Bowl" and "The Vale of Lost Women". While Howard's racism bleeds through too much for the latter to be enjoyable, "The God in the Bowl" is an enjoyable blend of Sword & Sorcery with horror elements.
Football made its return last weekend, so I'm thrilled to have something new to watch while we're all cooped up at home. Especially since the OSU vs Tulsa game is rescheduled for this weekend. Here's hoping the rest of the season goes smoothly despite everything going on in the world.
Virtual schooling has finally settled into a predictable routine, so things aren't quite as hectic as they have been. In fact, having a second to breathe is probably why I've been flush with ideas lately.
Hopefully everybody reading this is well. I'll see y'all next week!
On the writing front, I've had more story ideas in the past few days than the whole rest of the year so far. Probably more than I'll be able to write, in all honesty. I fleshed out the premise of my sword and sorcery deconstruction a little, revamped some worldbuilding for my rewrite of The Silver Shrike, began toying with the idea of adapting "Law, Love, and the Whippoorwill" into a full-fledged novel, and started developing a magic system which currently doesn't have a setting to inhabit.
Meanwhile, I'm still editing "The Death of Liberty?" and plan on starting my first round of edits on "A Helping Hand" soon. The latter may need a third scene to tie up some loose ends, but I'll cross that bridge once I get to it.
Most of my focus is on writing adventure fronts for our Dungeon World campaign at the moment, since just a few hours of work can create enough content for weeks of sessions. In some ways it's more enjoyable than standard fiction writing, as there's way less pressure involved.
I'm still reading Save the Cat!: Writes a Novel, and just finished The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars; although its villain and external conflict didn't grab me as much as anything from the series, it did a wonderful job developing the romance.
Also, I finally got a chance to read a couple of the complete but unpublished Conan tales Robert E Howard wrote: "The God in the Bowl" and "The Vale of Lost Women". While Howard's racism bleeds through too much for the latter to be enjoyable, "The God in the Bowl" is an enjoyable blend of Sword & Sorcery with horror elements.
Football made its return last weekend, so I'm thrilled to have something new to watch while we're all cooped up at home. Especially since the OSU vs Tulsa game is rescheduled for this weekend. Here's hoping the rest of the season goes smoothly despite everything going on in the world.
Virtual schooling has finally settled into a predictable routine, so things aren't quite as hectic as they have been. In fact, having a second to breathe is probably why I've been flush with ideas lately.
Hopefully everybody reading this is well. I'll see y'all next week!
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