Hello, friends.
(I reserve the right to be a day late on my post, since yesterday was my birthday.)
I’m working on outlining some stories! You see, I had this great plan.
- I need to write a novella for TDP.
- I need to make a new class for SkillShare.
- I shall combine the two.
- ????
- Profit!
Anyway, earlier in the year, I did an outlining class for SkillShare, and I thought, oh, I could do an OUTLINING WORKSHOP! It will be helpful so people can see outlining in action AND I will end up with an outline ready to go for a novella for TDP, and then all my responsibilities shall be fulfilled.
I am A GENIUS.
Except you can’t just jump into outlining. Well, I can’t just jump into outlining. I’ve got to do some general brainstorming first. And I thought it would be best to pick a couple of stories for the brainstorming phase, so I could demonstrate picking the best idea or something.
So I started with three (plus one more, because my bigger, mobile one recently read Hidden Worlds and has sequel ideas. And, uh, they’re actually REALLY GOOD sequel ideas.), brainstormed them out, did some story reconnaissance through my inspiration boards/story idea files, etc.
So now I have three (four) mostly workable story ideas instead of just one to outline.
I understand that in many cases this is the opposite of a problem. Workable story ideas! In plural!
But I just started a new job and haven’t figured out how to juggle things yet, so I’m having a hard time balancing working vs, uh, different working, I guess. I think it’ll get straightened out pretty soon.
But, still, one idea at a time. And now, we must choose. For both the story and the class, I guess.
How are you guys?