One of the interesting things about taking my cue from a singer is that I start thinking about this in terms of musical terms.  If that’s the case, then what I’ve finished is my first (though not last) Cover Song within this process.  Cover Songs, of course, are the idea of taking someone else’s song, and making it your own.  In this case it’s taking someone else’s idea and making it my own.  It’s not going to be something I do a lot of, but it’s hard not to see an idea, see a different way of approaching it, and wanting to make it my own.

I’m not saying better.  Just differently.

Also, I’ve now hit the point where I’ve made my way through five weeks of this process, and I’m now into month number two.  This is the point where I wondered if I would start breaking.  My longest sustained writing processes in the past have always been Nanowrimo, one month of hard work at the end of which I find myself burned out.  This is different.  Now granted, I’ve written about one quarter of the words that I would have in Nanowrimo, but each week I’m starting over in a way Nanowrimo doesn’t require.  New styles of writing, new characters, a new plot.  I figured it would balance itself out.  But I still feel good, and I’m excited about getting into month two.

This week is going to be a tough one, though.  I’m leaving tomorrow for Vegas, driving to San Fran, and won’t be getting back until next Friday, so that’s entire writing week spent on the road.  I’ve got a concept in mind that will be more a series of vignettes than a single story, something I can squeeze in as I can go.

Wish me luck.