Uncle Jim, I'm jealous. The last WorldCon I was to was out in San Francisco in the 1990s, but it was a blast (I met David Gerrold there and we had breakfast together to talk over some material I'd done based on his The War Against The Chtorr series that he was very interested in).
On a more positive note, I got a little over 1300 words done today plus the start of the outline (another couple hundred words on index cards) on my new WIP Gated. It's a dark thriller and I think it's off to a great start (stopped this afternoon at the start of a gunfight between one of the main characters and the villains and with another main character trying to escape the takeover of the bar she works in.
I really do like the index card method of outlining. I'll be putting together the next few cards this evening and afternoon for the next few chapters or so.
A question though - would you put character notes or plot notes on unnumbered cards that could go in basically anywhere or where you wanted them to or would you number those cards too?
On a more positive note, I got a little over 1300 words done today plus the start of the outline (another couple hundred words on index cards) on my new WIP Gated. It's a dark thriller and I think it's off to a great start (stopped this afternoon at the start of a gunfight between one of the main characters and the villains and with another main character trying to escape the takeover of the bar she works in.
I really do like the index card method of outlining. I'll be putting together the next few cards this evening and afternoon for the next few chapters or so.
A question though - would you put character notes or plot notes on unnumbered cards that could go in basically anywhere or where you wanted them to or would you number those cards too?