The new migraine med isn't a total miracle cure--it took overnight for the pain to disappear completely--but it left me with no echo pain, which is unusual and awesome. Usually I've got an echo of the migraine left for two or three days that can be triggered into another migraine.
Hooray for you starting a new Take That fic! Double hooray for it being a longish one. Interesting that your approach has changed. I find my writing is in constant evolution. Back when I was writing for zines and writing looong all the time, I'd always do a really detailed outline first and then skip around and work on whatever scene took my fancy. These days, I do a very simple outline and then start at the beginning and go through linearly until the end. Which can be frustrating, because I find I hit more false starts now. (I had to rip back 10,000 words of the BB story twice because I realized I was going in the wrong direction.) But one the positive side, sometimes it's easier to tap into the rush of discovery with the story when things aren't totally nailed down and you've got room for something surprising to happen.
Fantastic that you're feeling more awake. I assume that's the copious quantities of rest you're now getting? Here's hoping you keep feeling that way and you're in fantastic shape for the operation. (Crikey, that's coming up quickly, isn't it?)
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Date: 2011-10-15 06:14 pm (UTC)Hooray for you starting a new Take That fic! Double hooray for it being a longish one. Interesting that your approach has changed. I find my writing is in constant evolution. Back when I was writing for zines and writing looong all the time, I'd always do a really detailed outline first and then skip around and work on whatever scene took my fancy. These days, I do a very simple outline and then start at the beginning and go through linearly until the end. Which can be frustrating, because I find I hit more false starts now. (I had to rip back 10,000 words of the BB story twice because I realized I was going in the wrong direction.) But one the positive side, sometimes it's easier to tap into the rush of discovery with the story when things aren't totally nailed down and you've got room for something surprising to happen.
Fantastic that you're feeling more awake. I assume that's the copious quantities of rest you're now getting? Here's hoping you keep feeling that way and you're in fantastic shape for the operation. (Crikey, that's coming up quickly, isn't it?)