The A- is banishèd

When I was in university I learned this...

If I was writing a paper and I felt a bit muddled, didn't feel like I had a full firm grasp on what I wanted to say and in what order and how and whether it was a good argument... then I knew it would be an A- paper.

But if it sat crystal clear before me, and all I had to do was write up a nice structure, have all my citations ready--the paper would flow and I knew I had an A. (Hey, there were no A+ at my school.)

I'd been working on my plot outline on my breaks at work, and last week something finally clicked. I finally found the right idea that makes me feel like I'm plotting an A rather than an A-. It made everything else fall into place.

That was the feeling I was waiting for. I knew that anything less and I'd once more Failz when I sat down to do the actual writing. I am hoping... hooooping... that I'm finally onto something that will lead to Written Words. We'll see!

Because my book is based on Henry V by Shakespeare, here's Will's great opening. Derek Jacobi invokes the spirit of our imaginations to fill in all the details that the play itself can't provide. "O for a muse of fire..."