Happy Valentine's Day everyone! Any romantic plans for today/tonight?
I am very lucky to have an amazing hubby to celebrate V-day with, and two adorable little boys. We're going to have our "official" ultrasound this morning to see our baby girl again. Very exciting! I am in love with all of them--all the people I am lucky enough to call my family. We're just planning on having a family dinner, and celebrating together at home. Pretty low key, but hopefully will be fun.
I'm also in love with my new WIP. I got this idea the end of last week, and started writing. I have one document full of notes about the plot and characters, and the actual document, which is already 6,000+ words. (In less than five hours total of writing--despite my excitement level, I had to curtail my writing time over the weekend. SHH got home from Mexico Saturday morning, and I figured it wouldn't be too nice to say "Welcome home! See ya, I'm going to go write!") But even with the lack of writing time, I'm pleased with how much I got done. Not too shabby! It's been a long time since I've been able to feel this excited about my writing, or that I've written something new this fast. Yes, I usually do write quickly, but recently my self-doubt has been a hindrance. Words have been painfully slow, plots hard to decipher, characters kept slipping through my fingers. This new WIP has been flying out, and I LOVE it. I am definitely in the infatuation stage. I'm hoping it lasts long enough to bust out a first draft. Then we can move on to the "figuring out what your flaws are" stage, where I can hopefully continue to cultivate my love for this project, despite it's inevitable problems.
Who knew the stages of writing/revising could be so applicable to real relationships? Ooh, except for this stage: the "I've figured out what your flaws/trouble-spots are and now... I'm going to fix them all" stage. In real life, you love someone in spite of their flaws (or maybe because of them). In writing--you find the flaws and you grind them out. You whip your WIP into shape, and make it perfect. Or as close as possible, anyway. But for now, I'm just focusing on having fun and enjoying being in love.
Lots of love for me to be happy about today. How about you?
5 comments:
I have a new project, too. I understand the whole being in love thing, 'cause that's how I feel about mine, too!
So glad you're in love-- with your family and your wip!
Yay for love, in all its varieties. We're pretty quiet and laid-back about things at our house when it comes to Valentine's day. We celebrate all year long.
Congrats on the new WIP!! We celebrate V Day on the 13th to avoid the crowds at our favorite Italian restaurant. We may do an extra one on Thursday for lunch at my favorite hummus bar. He's got the day off so we'll hike and then hit the hummus!
Your first peek at your baby girl! How exciting!
YAY so much love going on over here!! Hope you had a wodnerful evening!
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