Weather wtf?

I wasn't sure what I'd see outside my door this morning. A foot of snow? An inch-thick layer of ice and downed lines?

Turned out to be kind of in-between. Temps rose above freezing overnight, and sleet changed to light rain. There an inch or two of frozen slush on the deck/sidewalks/driveway that is slowly melting. I better get outside and shovel away the ridge that the snowplow driver left at the end of my drive, or I'll be stuck with my very own speedbump if the temps drop.

It's messy, but it could have been worse...

Weather wtf?

I wasn't sure what I'd see outside my door this morning. A foot of snow? An inch-thick layer of ice and downed lines?

Turned out to be kind of in-between. Temps rose above freezing overnight, and sleet changed to light rain. There an inch or two of frozen slush on the deck/sidewalks/driveway that is slowly melting. I better get outside and shovel away the ridge that the snowplow driver left at the end of my drive, or I'll be stuck with my very own speedbump if the temps drop.

It's messy, but it could have been worse...

I'll give you a dollar if you hide my keyboard

Finished ENDGAME a week ago this evening. I was very happy to get it done--I reworked it in 7 weeks, including the rewriting of vast chunks, and that was a push and it is kinda nice to have my life back.

I should work on tax stuff. I could clean off the tops of my armoire and dresser. Instead, I'm pondering giving Scrivener's outlining capabilities a try and getting started on a CROSS OF GIDEON proposal.

As Keith Olbermann says, "Aw, here we go."

I'll give you a dollar if you hide my keyboard

Finished ENDGAME a week ago this evening. I was very happy to get it done--I reworked it in 7 weeks, including the rewriting of vast chunks, and that was a push and it is kinda nice to have my life back.

I should work on tax stuff. I could clean off the tops of my armoire and dresser. Instead, I'm pondering giving Scrivener's outlining capabilities a try and getting started on a CROSS OF GIDEON proposal.

As Keith Olbermann says, "Aw, here we go."

Synopses/proposals

Three chapters and a synopsis of the rest--this I have done before. However, I tend to write working synopses, complete with dialogue. 60-70 pages (double-spaced, but still), broken down by POV. Former agent used to say that with a little more dialogue, I'd have the book.

Anyway, question for the house--how long are your synopses, on average? Do they include dialogue?

Synopses/proposals

Three chapters and a synopsis of the rest--this I have done before. However, I tend to write working synopses, complete with dialogue. 60-70 pages (double-spaced, but still), broken down by POV. Former agent used to say that with a little more dialogue, I'd have the book.

Anyway, question for the house--how long are your synopses, on average? Do they include dialogue?

Sunday night

Yup, working on the Gideon storyline. Scrivener has this neat feature called Corkboard, which looks like index cards tacked to a--wait for it--corkboard. I've used one board for character descriptions, and am using another for the plot outline. It's nice because I always used to do this stuff on paper, and then lose it.

A book by David Mamet was reviewed in today's paper. I confess to knowing little of Mamet except that he is a playwright. What caught my eye was the screenwriting tip of his contained within the review, which works on the three basic questions approach:

"Who wants what from whom?"
"What happens if they don't get it?"
"Why now?"

Works for me, since I tend to think that screenwriting tips are simply plotting tips by another name.

Sunday night

Yup, working on the Gideon storyline. Scrivener has this neat feature called Corkboard, which looks like index cards tacked to a--wait for it--corkboard. I've used one board for character descriptions, and am using another for the plot outline. It's nice because I always used to do this stuff on paper, and then lose it.

A book by David Mamet was reviewed in today's paper. I confess to knowing little of Mamet except that he is a playwright. What caught my eye was the screenwriting tip of his contained within the review, which works on the three basic questions approach:

"Who wants what from whom?"
"What happens if they don't get it?"
"Why now?"

Works for me, since I tend to think that screenwriting tips are simply plotting tips by another name.