I think I need a category called “Whine,” but I’m not caving to that urge.
The Angela Knight class I mentioned focused heavily on the Goal-Motivation-Conflict triad (GMC). I’ve been thinking a lot about that and I’ve gone back to my original notes on Cantata, which actually has a lot of that info in it. I keep losing sight of it, though, because it’s either in computer files or in notebooks (I plot and backstory in longhand).
This led me to my next brilliant observation: I really am visual. Like, duh. Funny how we overlook the obvious.
My to-do list now has “GMC all characters on 1 page” as the next task. Thankfully, I have newsprint.
I’ve taken my buddy MizzAdamz’s suggestion to heart. Get this thing out of my hair, so I can move on. I need to, because I had a character from another story pop into my head this morning. So I made notes, but really. I need to work on my own characters. They’re coalescing stories around them.
My OH keeps encouraging me to write about what I’ve done the last year, since he keeps having to listen to my “I learned this, then that, then that” rambles.
And it turns out my glasses are finally in, after 3 weeks. Will be nice to see again.