Moira Keith

It’s been 10 days since I posted my PLAN. How did I do? Well let’s take a peek shall we?

1. I hereby forbid myself to work on any other story (outside of plotting) other than my paranormal WIP ~ Chosen. – So far so good, I have thought about my Young Adult Book, but no writing.

2. All current 117 pages of said story have been printed out. I realize this is working ass backwards, but I will use that to help fill in my plot structure and story arc. While doing so, I will not open up the original document and all notations will be made in either a notebook or in the side margins of the printed version. – Ok, admittedly, this one I did not do so well on. I opened the document and began to move forward. I found it difficult to plot the story after the fact.

3. The nights when the kids are with their dad…. I will limit my online time (i.e. the devil Facebook) outside of a brief check in or status update. The kid-free time will be utilized for writing and research. - Did okay with this. Kids have been at their dads for three nights out of the last 10, but one night was spent on my birthday.

4. I will gag my internal editor as much as possible during this process so that I may actually have a finished draft before all is said and done. – She has been gagged thanks to slave driver Lauren who insisted that I email her new material or else…

5. Once a week, I will blog about my progress. – Though a few days late… we will call this done.

We will do this all over again next week! Whoot. Maybe I should make Friday my update day.

As we all know, I can be easily distracted. Daydreaming is perpetually something I do and is who I am. Head in the clouds…

Have no fear though, because I now have a plan of attack! Who would have guessed it? Actually, the  plan was contrived only moments ago and in an attempt to make myself accountable, I am laying it out here. Oh don’t you worry your pretty little heads, I have several slave drivers.. ahem, I mean cheerleaders… who will also hold me accountable. Sometimes it helps. Especially when you come from a traditional work background. I can hear you saying, “So lay it on me already. What is the freaking plan?!”

Here it is:

1. I hereby forbid myself to work on any other story (outside of plotting) other than my paranormal WIP ~ Chosen.

2. All current 117 pages of said story have been printed out. I realize this is working ass backwards, but I will use that to help fill in my plot structure and story arc. While doing so, I will not open up the original document and all notations will be made in either a notebook or in the side margins of the printed version.

3. The nights when the kids are with their dad…. I will limit my online time (i.e. the devil Facebook) outside of a brief check in or status update. The kid-free time will be utilized for writing and research.

4. I will gag my internal editor as much as possible during this process so that I may actually have a finished draft before all is said and done.

5. Once a week, I will blog about my progress.

Timeline for this from start to finish, completed first draft and all (including a possible crit and beta read), is Christmas. Seriously wishful thinking there, but wishes and dreams is how I got a story pubbed in the first place. My focus train has been de-railed for some time now and I am desperately struggling to get back on track. Splitting my attention between multiple stories, the lack of plotting, working a full time job, focusing on my children (which is not negotiable nor should it be) and other little blips that come along in life, have all contributed to this state of affairs. Good news is, that there is no such thing as too late to change. Check back with me and see how I do. Everyone could use a few extra cheerleaders in their section and I am no exception to the rule.

Okay, not that I have heard that one, let alone any  of the other thousands of horrible pick up lines any time recently, but they are still funny to hear/read. So to start off this week with a smile, I thought it would be fun to revisit some of these little gems. Take a look at these little pearls-

1. Are your legs tired? ‘cause you been running through my mind ALL day long. (Overdone, yet still a classic)
2. Look at you with all those curves, and me with no brakes.
3. I’m new in town. Can you give me direction to your apartment?
4. I’m feeling a little off today. Would you like to turn me on?
5. You can forget about going to heaven because it’s a sin to look that good.
6. Baby you look so sweet you’re giving me a cavity.
7. Be unique and different, say yes.
8. I’m fighting the urge to make you the happiest woman on earth tonight.
9. Gee, that’s a nice set of legs, what time do they open?
10. Should I call you in the morning or nudge you?

I can just see the hero in a romance novel making off with the heroine’s heart and some hot and heavy entanglements after delivering one of these lines. Surely she would swoon after hearing number nine. What are some pick up lines you have heard, used, or written? Come on, play along….you know you want to.

Sláinte!