Words and vacation plans

[same_sky]

My poor characters have such stupid conversations when I get pressed for word count, and poor Lane is convinced that I hate her for making her act like such a bitch. This is the second completely worthless conversation they've had (plus one that will need revised for the same problem but is essentially okay) and I can't come up with anything else to come after this so I'm finding it impossible to end the stupid scene and move on. It's very annoying. The words have stopped flowing. Now they're being carved out with a chainsaw, and that isn't exactly the most sophisticated process. I'm forcibly reminding myself that it will be easier to replace those scenes with something worthwhile later. I also seem to be forcibly reminding all of you. Sorry about that.

I just tried to convince M that we should leave for Gatlinburg tomorrow night instead of Saturday morning so we can have three days of writing off instead of just two. Damn him for being clever enough to figure it out. :) We were going to do that to begin with, but we finally decided that it didn't make much sense. It's a four hour drive, and the most straight-forward way of getting there is to go approximately to Lexington and then go south. M works in Lexington, which is one hour from here. He also works tomorrow as usual, so he would have to come home, pick me up, and then we'd have a four hour drive in front of us with no chance of getting there until ten, even if we don't eat dinner. So, not very practical, as we'd be staying the night in a motel room for no good reason. Oh, right, and my car can't leave town because of its wonky transmission, so I can't drive down there and leave from Lexington even if I wanted to. So we're going to get up quite early on Saturday and aim for being there by lunch, which will save us around $60 and a lot of headache.

So, why're we going to Gatlinburg? Sure, it's touristy, but we've already been there three times in three years, so why would we want to go again? It's simple, really. There's a bookstore and a Chinese place we like to frequent. That's also why we don't necessarily need all that much time. :) I wish we could be there on our actual anniversary, though, which is the 18th.

Look at me procrastinate. Didn't I say that I was going to stop doing that today? Eh, well, I also said I was going to write 2,000 words today and look where that's gotten me. :) I'm off to fold clothes, watch Friends and put off writing for another couple of hours. Yay! :)

Comments

[lizardek.livejournal.com]

Excellent procrastination plans! The break will do you good :)

[same-sky.livejournal.com]

I hope so. With luck, it'll let all the proper pieces sift into place. That would be excellent.