A good day to write

Today is a bright sunny day and everyone is out of the house but me - the kids are at school and the hubby is at work. There is a lot of snow outside but the roads were clear enough for the kids to get to school. The hubby said the roads down in our tiny city were terrible but at least he was able to make it into work. So I had the house to myself which allowed me to actually think and write without interruptions.

I got quite a bit of writing done today on my Kilynn story. I had been struggling with what was going to happen when Kilynn woke up the next morning. Yesterday I wrote some but didn't like it so I deleted it all and started again. I left that sit and came back to it today and didn't like that either. With all the quiet I was able to get my thoughts straight and write down something that I like. I'll leave it for tonight and come back to it tomorrow and see what I think. If I still like it then I will continue on with the story. Until I'm happy with it I won't publish it here on the blog.

At some point I should probably sit down and outline what is going to happen in the rest of the story. So far my writing process has been to make it up as I go along and that's a bit different than what I used to do. It's fun to just sit and write and see where the story goes but then there are times like yesterday when I don't know where the story is going. Lately it feels like the story is moving away from where I want it to go. I need to figure out how to get my story back on track. That will be tomorrow's goal unless the kids are home from school again which is a possibility since we have yet another snow storm on the horizon. If they are home, writing is always a bit more challenging. We'll see how things go.

For now I'll continue to ponder my story and maybe make some notes tonight about where I want it to go and how to get it there. That is, if my arms will work tonight. I had to do some shoveling this morning when the stupid street plow shoved a bunch of snow into our driveway. Nothing like a 2 ft high, 2 ft deep, 2-car driveway-wide wall of snow at the end of your driveway to work those arm muscles. I got enough dug out that I could have gotten my car out if needed. Then of course the snow removal people came by. It took them less than 5 minutes to clear the rest of the driveway. It took me about 2 hours to clear barely 6 feet of snow. I'm just glad they came and finished the job for me. Now, I'm off to get the kids from the bus stop and have a cup of tea. Until tomorrow!

Snow Days just aren't made for writing

Last night into this morning we had quite the storm. I think we ended up with over 57cms of snow. The winds this morning were gusting to 100 km/hr. But now the sun has come out and the wind has died down and it's actually rather nice looking out (it's still bloody cold). People are slowly starting to dig their way out from the crazy amount of snow we got. We have some drifts in our yard that are a good 6 to 7 ft tall and in other places you can see grass. It is definitely interesting to see how the wind blows the snow around.

This being Canada, there have been some people out on their snowmobiles, zipping up and down the main road. Our street, and many other side streets, are not plowed yet which means the driveway isn't cleared yet either. So no one is going anywhere for a while. I'm hoping that they get things cleared so the kids can go back to school tomorrow because Thursday is looking like more snow.

I did manage to get some time to sit down and work on my Kilynn story but I'm not happy with it. I'm having trouble coming up with the next part of the story - what happens when Kilynn wakes up. The words just weren't flowing today like they normally do. I wrote some, deleted it, and wrote some other stuff that I'm sort of okay with. With the kids home it is hard to give my entire focus to writing. That's why I'm hoping they go to school tomorrow - I need some distraction-free time to think through where the story is going. I guess I'm experiencing a bit of writer's block right now. I will keep at it in the hopes of breaking through. I'll probably chuck everything I've written today, but as least I did try.

Right now though, the kids and hubby are outside building an igloo, which sounds like fun. I think I will go suit up and join them outside. Spending time outside having fun might help clear my head and help me hear what Kilynn is trying to tell me. So, yeah, snow days with the kids home just aren't made for writing.