Writing Bites, part 2
--The fireworks story is finally making progress. I may actually finish it this week, at which point I will discover that I have not foreshadowed the aliens sufficiently. This will be an easy fix. Whether any other part of the story works is another matter entirely.
--I also dragged out and started the re-write on, The Plight of Random Sinners, which is a story I've been working on, on and off, for ages. It's a very plotty story, which is probably why I've never quite managed to finish it. And it's long or at least it threatens to be long. But I have a much better handle on emotion and other bits and pieces of writing now if not on plotting itself so I'm hoping it goes well because it's always been a story I like (it has intelligent dogs, yo*)
--Last week (was it last week?), EBear was talking about Shark by Edward Bryant, which is an awesome story, which I'd either never read before or forgotten about. Anyway, one of the interesting things about it is the structure and it's reminded me that 1) I sometimes actually do better writing non-linear stories and 2) a couple of the stories that I'm really stuck on might benefit from non-linear plot lines. Also, 3) I should finish In the Aftermath of Rain.
*(Yeah, I know. I'll never do it again.)