Happy Wednesday! It’s been quite a busy few days. School is winding down. My big kid is home, since he only has to show up for exams now. Younger child finishes next week. This weekend is the last recital. I’m so ready for summer break.
I’ve stalled on writing Minuet. It’s complicated, and I’m really struggling to know where my place is in the writing world. Right now, I don’t have clear goals, only half-done projects and old stuff I could work on fixing up. I’m sure it’ll all be fine. I go through this a few times a year, and I somehow manage to work out of my slump.
In the meantime, I’m still working on the untitled Shiny New Thing from last week’s snippet. This should provide a little more context. The story is set in the fall of 1991, and the main character, Noah, has quite a lot on his mind.
WIPmath: 6/13/2018 = 6 + 1 + 3 = 10 sentences
I shake my head. Tomorrow, I’ll go with Toni to the mall. The idea of having my own stuff and not having to sneak it out of my mom’s closet makes my stomach tighten with excitement and nerves. I promise myself I’ll tell Toni the truth, even though I know damn well I won’t offer and she won’t ask.
I sit up and reach over to the nightstand to grab my Walkman. I need something to drown out these thoughts. Everything but Christian music is supposed to be banned in our house since last winter, but I have a stash of cassettes I keep in my drawer. My most recent addition is sitting on top of a strip of condoms I’ll probably never use and a bottle of lime green nail polish. I’m not sure which thing my parents would be most pissed off about.
With my headphones in blasting R.E.M.’s Out of Time, I close my eyes and don’t move again until I hear Mom calling me for dinner.
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Ah, Noah. 🙁 You should totally tell Toni.
My Walkman was my life! 🙂
I’m happy you’re managing get some writing done (delighted it’s this story). I know a few authors who are feeling a bit directionless at the moment. Or perhaps more…mid turning circle, surveying all possible directions before setting a course.
Anywho, love this WIPpet.
Noah will definitely get around to telling Toni, but not yet.
My Walkman and I had some good times, LOL.
It’s complicated, and I won’t get into it here. I dunno, maybe I just don’t want to jinx it, haha. But this feels so much easier and more natural to write. I think yes, that describes it—a shift, but not a certainty about the future course.
Glad you like the WIP. 🙂 I’m not struggling to tell this story, but I am feeling…wary, I suppose. We’ll see.
I hope the shopping trip goes well for Toni.
I totally meant for Noah. My brain seems to be malfunctioning today.
I figured that’s what you meant, but both are true. 🙂
Working on a Shiny New Thing has definitely been helping me recently. I hope it can help pull you out of your slump, too.
I’m really liking these glimpses of Noah you are giving us. I hope he lets Toni in on the truth soon.
Spam ahoy, A.M. (points up) It’s above Emily’s comment. This brings back so many memories… the Walkman part anyway. I think they were a bit after my teen years, or at least I never had one, but I had one a bit later that I used to drown out the universe.