Playing

I tried to blog last Thursday, but there were technical issues, as I'm sure many of you noticed.

Last night I finished a revision of my stepsister story. I meant to have it finished on Saturday, but as I neared the end, I realized that several scenes were out of order. It sounds simple enough. I mean, reordering cards is easy enough. Reordering scenes, though, especially when the scenes build on each other? Yeah. Not so much.

But really, the main reason I didn't finish was because I was playing. And it was worth it.

Friday, my husband and I went to see the movie Thor and thought it was tons of fun. It seems to have been the movie of choice for a lot of people last weekend, so I don't think the movie choice was that unusual. I do get the feeling that my choice for a favorite character from it is unusual. I liked Loki best. I mean, sure Thor was hot and all (and I totally expected his shirt to get strategically ripped off during one of the fight scenes, but it never happened), but his character and actions were pretty predictable. Loki was just more interesting to me. So there you go. I'd say more about it, but I don't want to spoil the plot. (No, no, stop looking at me and asking, "What plot?" I swear there was a plot there.)

On Saturday, I took my oldest two kids to see a production of Seussical. The plot was baffling (I spent a lot of time staring at the stage thinking, "huh?"), but the acting was fantastic. I didn't know it was possible for a human to move so much like a bumbling elephant. But, yeah, I'm still not sure about that plot. Since I tend to be a character person, this was a good reminder that it's important to have both strong characters and a strong plot.

How was your weekend? Did you do anything fun? How is your writing going?