I've been patient, I've been gracious, and this mountain is covered with wolves...

[allfireburns]

I have been plotting for tardis_bigbang. It's kind of exhausting. Okay, really exhausting. But I have made some progress! (And found an excuse to include one of my favorite minor characters!) Still haven't figured out how to work my way from the middle bits to the very ending bit, but... I'm poking at that.

Papel is kind of an awesome program for plotting. It's like index cards, but without the stress and hassle and dropping them on the floor. I would be so much more aggravated with life, the universe and everything if I didn't have this to help with the plotting.

More and more, I'm concerned with the length of this. I don't mind if it gets epic, just... not so epic that I can't write it before the deadline. GAH.

Also, I've got to stop listening to Jonathan Coulton. If only because the Doctor keeps grabbing songs for his playlists, and it's getting a little ridiculous.

EDIT: I am not allowed to include a subplot based on this song. I'm just NOT.

Comments

[girlorgun.livejournal.com]

I use Scrivener (http://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener.html) myself, on my mac. It doesn't have the nice disorganized feel to it, but it helped me plan and keep writing my Nano for a good chunk of the month (other things conspired to drain my creative drive - that was not one of them), and it's great for planning and can be easily used for big papers and stuff.

Granted, it's only a 30-day free trial, then you have to pay $36, but it's SO worth it. Really. I love Scrivener.

[jaeled.livejournal.com]

I will get. Because SO SHINY. ...only downloading when I'm supposed to sleep might not be the best idea. >>;

[starletfallen.livejournal.com]

True. Because you can't just download it and go to sleep, no, you have to PLAY WITH IT. Trust me on this one.

But it was a LIFESAVER for Nano, I probably wouldn't have broken 15k without it. As it stands, I got 28k (though most of it's crap).

[jaeled.livejournal.com]

OH GOD I'M PLAYING WITH IT. I'M PLAYING WITH IT. I WILL NEVER SLEEP NOW.

[starletfallen.livejournal.com]

OH GOD. NO, YOU REALLY WON'T.

[jaeled.livejournal.com]

*whimper* It's so beautiful.

[starletfallen.livejournal.com]

I knoooooow. You will totally shell out the money. I did, after using it TWO DAYS. I don't normally do that.

[jaeled.livejournal.com]

...our cat just hijacked one of our grocery bags and ran off with it to the litter box.

[allfireburns.livejournal.com]

...was there anything IN the grocery bag?

...I love how that's the only way I can react to that.

[jaeled.livejournal.com]

No, she just carried it off. And now she's sitting outside our closed door throwing her toys at it, because that's what she does when she wants in.

[allfireburns.livejournal.com]

Your cat is a strange, strange creature, and I think I love her a little.

[jaeled.livejournal.com]

SHE PLAYS FETCH WITH HER JINGLE MICE. It is a game we play, late at night.

...that sentence contained way more sketch than intended.

[starletfallen.livejournal.com]

...that is odd. Decidedly odd.

[jaeled.livejournal.com]

That's mah girl. :3