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mistressofmuses) wrote2021-04-08 09:58 pm
mistressofmuses) wrote2021-04-08 09:58 pm
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Lazy day
Poor Alex is getting the full flu-like experience from his vax. Had a fever, skin hurts, achey, stomach upset, exhausted... He got the shot Tuesday, and yesterday felt pretty shitty. This morning he still didn't feel great, but went to a doctor's appointment (just the regular monthly checkup he has.) He was feeling a little better, and since the weather was nice (warm, but windy) he decided he'd go ride. He *definitely* overdid it, and about half an hour in had to give up. I hope the rest of the crud passes quickly, since usually the side effects are supposed to run their course in about 48 hours.
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I had a super lazy day, on my end. I went along when he went out to ride, and started rereading River of Teeth since by now it's been a while since I read it, and if I am going to ever post about it, I should probably remember it.
I also wrote, so I feel good about that. I *think* I sorted out my structural issue with Chapter 4... I changed the order and the timeline for several scenes, and I think it works a lot better now. It *does* have a few scenes that sort of do the same thing as each other, which was part of what I'd initially been trying not to do... but I think I've made them different enough from each other that it won't be boring to read, each one offers up at least *something* to the story, and it better conveys the passage of time and routine that characters have fallen into. And through the magic of fanfic, I can tell my story however I want, lol.
I think that also means that this is now going to be two slightly shorter chapters (instead of one MONSTER chapter), which will be a minor annoyance for the rest of it, as chapter 6 of draft two will be chapter 5 from the first draft and such, but that's pretty minor on the scale of complaints.
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I had a super lazy day, on my end. I went along when he went out to ride, and started rereading River of Teeth since by now it's been a while since I read it, and if I am going to ever post about it, I should probably remember it.
I also wrote, so I feel good about that. I *think* I sorted out my structural issue with Chapter 4... I changed the order and the timeline for several scenes, and I think it works a lot better now. It *does* have a few scenes that sort of do the same thing as each other, which was part of what I'd initially been trying not to do... but I think I've made them different enough from each other that it won't be boring to read, each one offers up at least *something* to the story, and it better conveys the passage of time and routine that characters have fallen into. And through the magic of fanfic, I can tell my story however I want, lol.
I think that also means that this is now going to be two slightly shorter chapters (instead of one MONSTER chapter), which will be a minor annoyance for the rest of it, as chapter 6 of draft two will be chapter 5 from the first draft and such, but that's pretty minor on the scale of complaints.