November’s short is called Satan’s Cauldron and let me tell you, it turned out to be quite a bitch to write. You see, this time I decided to outline it and well, I didn’t much like it. In fact, I almost trashed it and started writing something else. I ended up using the basic premise of the outline as a foundation for it and freestyled the rest. What I actually ended up with is nowhere near what I had outlined.
As I said in a previous post, it took me over four hours to write whereas it usually takes me only two. Suffice it to say, I won’t be outlining any more shorts from hereon out.
I have to put in another weekend of overtime – a bummer, but it’s money – so I’m not going to want to deal with posting it tomorrow. I have to do one quick read-through and triple-check everything tonight. Depends on how I feel when I’m done. I’ll either post it late tonight before I retire or early tomorrow morning, before I head off to work. I’ve gotten into the habit of posting them a day or two before they’re actually scheduled to be posted, simply due to the fact that I have them ready to go and can’t make myself wait.
At any rate, November’s short will definitely be up on Sunday!
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