So you filled your hands

Loglines and Your Query - Great for diagnosing structural integrity in a story

Ten Point Checklist for Scenes - I love lists! Lists help me tremendously with things, especially things that require consistency.

Wooden Figurine + Katie Hennessey story - Significant Objects strikes again

I went home this week. I landed in Ohio Saturday morning, spent some time with my parents and my guy Gus, and then drove down to Athens. I only had a day, but it was the perfect one: the sun was shining, the air was calm and warm, and it's the beginning bloom of flower season — forsythia, daffodils and hyacinths. I took a lot of pictures, did a lot of walking and thought a lot. There's this time of day that has what I call "ciderlight," and I was able to put my finger on some elements of why it affects me so much. It's late afternoon on a nice day, the last light before dusk, when you've spent the whole day doing things and having fun, and you're just about at that giddy edge of a full day of happiness. It's the time you spend lying on the grass and laughing with your friends. Hipsters seem to like it — I see it in a lot of icons and photo shoots, which makes me happy, hipsters aside. In childhood, it was the time you were allowed to play outside a little longer before dinner. The shadows are long and crisp and you're a giant. You couldn't set a long scene under it — it would have to be about the transience of the moment, but for what it is, it's perfect.

Anyway. I had a hard time leaving this time. It's been a long time since I've been back and it hasn't been winter. More on all that later.