Up · From · Slush

The outline for Catalyst in the Crucible continues to grow, albeit at the usual snail's pace. I'm up to Chapter Five, and I have to figure out how to get my character from NYC to the Midwest. I had a reason in the first draft, but I removed the foreshadowing from Lennon's Line to trim the story.

I also started an outline of the short story I want to write. There's still a lot of worldbuilding to be done, but I'm hoping outlining will help me figure out what to focus on. Of course, I'll want the world to make sense and feel real. It's just a question of how much research does a short story warrant; do I have to do as much as if I was making this a novel? I don't know yet if I would write more stories in this setting.

Last but not least, I changed the name of this journal to something more writer-related. It's my goal to make it out of the slush pile and into print, so perhaps this will inspire me to write more and goof off less. Soon my goof-off time will vanish anyway.