Mental Notes and Random Excrement.

Writing.

Man, I love how you learn about people from others.

I found something out about Dorian this morning (at about 5:30 am Mountain Time, I think) that I didn't realize.

And, no. I'm not going to tell you (whoever it is you may be, if anyone).

Also, I found chapter 3 (or maybe it should be the end of chapter 2, not quite sure yet. I'll deal with that after I do my second draft, I think) already written. I'd forgotten that I'd put about half a chapter worth of Dorian on my HDD without the rest (the rest is in longhand except for Samaritan, which was only on WDC).

Plus, I just finished On Writing by King, which I found to be an enthralling read. Between that for general writing and The Writer's Journey by Vogler, the only mechanics I feel I need to really keep worrying about is dialogue and names. Although, I've come to think that those two come (for the most part, obviously there is some writer's work involved) pretty spontaneously. At least for DoDorian. Era I've set on a back burner now, I don't feel I'm fully ready to keep working on it and I realize it is very clunky and forced sounding (because I was forcing a lot of it).

While I acknoweldge that zombie and alien stories have become pretty cliche, I had a thought: What if a guy is visiting a friend about 600 miles from home and something breaks in and attacks? What if there are more than one thing? And he's an average joe, like... really an average guy. No special forces training, hell, not even Boy Scouts. What would he and his friend do, and how would they survive? Meh, maybe I'll get around to toying with the idea. For now, I'm reading three books and writing one with another stewing. My plate is pretty full, and if I don't watch out the kitchen will set on fire.

Also, I think I realized the main reason I've been so slothful and frustrated with my writing. I've been doing most of it with the tv blaring in the background, always with one of my favorites on.

Hmm... in about an hour the confessional opens. It would feel good to go, but my waist and below is hurting like the Dickens. Which is a cliche I've never understood.

It's tempting to print out the first 3+ chapters of Dorian and have someone read it, but I think I'll take King's advice and leave the door shut (at least mostly, since it's open to WDC) for now.

But man, I am curious to see what people think. Meh, f*** it. Let them tell me when we both have the full story. Up to 8 pages single spaced with 10 pt Arial on Word, not much to read so far. (16 on double space, but that's a pretty big duh right there)

All right, Officer Watson makes his first appearance, too. Didn't even know he existed. Weird, huh?

Chapter 3 gives a better idea of Rule Number Three. I bet if someone took the time, they'd get a pretty good guess of Rules #1 and #3, but I don't know. Eventually they'll all be clear as day, and maybe after rewrite they'll be clearer earlier.

I'm off. Again.