Operation Bum Glue: The Bipolar Plotter

My MLK weekend was filled with continued plotting. I realized how bipolar my feelings are toward my plot. I love it, I hate it, ideas fly from my head, I can't think of a single thing, and so on and so forth. Not that this is unique. This is undoubtedly the feeling that most authors have most of the time when they're plotting, right? Right??? Writers chime in, make me feel average in this respect!

I ended up adjusting the way I was using my index cards and it ended up making a huge difference in the flow of my thoughts. Instead of cramming multiple ideas onto one card for one scene, I just jotted quick notes onto each card and grouped them as needed. It really freed me up creatively because I could mix and match items instead of feeling locked into the placement of ideas on those original cards.

It's time to delve back into the writing tomorrow morning since I've taken this week to do so much plotting. Making another appearance in my workspace will be my 5 Days a Week goal tracker that Mary got me for my 24th birthday. It'll be a great way to track my word count and feelings about Operation Bum Glue as I work toward some future goal dates.

And a note about Operation Bum Glue success so far... uh, what success? That might have been a bit harsh but OBG has been more plot-focused than writing focused and getting up in the morning is still killer. I have a very difficult time dragging myself out of bed and out of the warm cocoon of fleece blankets I've created for myself. I have a good feeling about OBG going forward, but looking back I think it gets a "needs improvement."