Thursday roadkill report

One "Jimmy"-type SUV by the side of the road with steam billowing from under the hood. Further on, a pickup going in the opposite direction with a set of flashing blue lights following. Probably going over 25 mph in that zone, but _I_ sometimes go over 25 down that hill on my bicycle.

Also one flat garter snake on the paved shoulder, far enough off to the side that the damned driver must have been _aiming_.

Cloudy and damp this morning, but not much rain overnight. Got out on the bike, didn't push hard because that damned right knee is complaining again. Sumac leaves starting to turn red, also some small-leaved shrubby stuff I didn't stop to identify. Faint tinge of yellow starting to show on the birch and aspen. Water up to the edge of the road out in the bog.

15.29 miles, 1:07:20

That how-to-write-a-novel thing.

Per rolanni, truepenny, matociquala, anghara, etc...

Well, I'd never heard this before, but truepenny supplied the perfect metaphor for my writing process:

"Insofar as it can be said I have a broadly applicable method, it's summed up in the E. L. Doctorow quote: It’s like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way."

10 Character
20 Setting
30 Conflict
40 Scene
50 If  -END- goto 70
60 Else goto 40
70 Wait
80 Revise
90 Showto Wife
100 Revise
110 Showto Wife
120 Revise
130 Showto Agent
140 Revise
150 Showto Agent
160 Chew fingernails

Somewhere in that I need to include

45 Showto Critgroup

But _that_ isn't a linear process and starts after five or six chapters reach presentable condition.

You don't see "outline" in there anywhere, do you?  I find out what is going to happen as I write it.