July 2024 in writing
Tackling the problematic 3rd POV The 3rd POV has been the most problematic of the three. This month, I seriously considered dropping it from the book, and not for the first time.
The outline for this POV changed so significantly from the previous draft that most of the previous scenes weren’t worth keeping. As a result, a lot of this felt like a first draft again. Writing completely new scenes.
June 2024 in writing
Good progress I’m two scenes away from finishing Draft 2.5’s POV2. I’m a little over 72% done by scene count, and that’s after I cut two finished scenes. (To improve the story, reduce redundancy, and reduce word count.)
My writing seems to slow to a crawl when I’m writing the climactic battle scenes. But I figured out how to get them to work, and what needs to change in earlier scenes to add impact.
Library Days
(I thought I had written about these before, but I can’t find where.)
I’ve long wanted to spend several days working from cafes, parks, public spaces, and libraries. Mainly to get to know Denver, its public transportation, and as a change up from working from home every day. Various crises kept me from following through for the past year and a half. I finally started a weekly library day this month, and I’m enjoying them.
May 2024 in writing
Good progress From May 25:
At this point in Draft 1, I could tell that POV 2 needed some major structural overhauls. At this point in Draft 2.5, I can tell POV 2’s prose needs some rewriting to work, but overall the structure seems to be holding up. Progress :)
I wrote 18 scenes in 31 days, not my preferred pace but I’m getting there. I also reduced the total number of scenes down to 96.
iPad and Raspberry Pi
iPad Workarounds I’ve written before how I love the iPad form factor, but how it lacks in basic functionality. I’m not alone in this. I agree with many of the gripes, and many of the calls to mix the functionality of macOS and iPadOS, but my largest pain point is the lack of a fully functioning terminal.
I’ve largely solved this by SSHing from my iPad, into my Mac (at home) over Tailscale.