I'm just drifting -5minutefreewrite

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I'm just drifting. I drift from thing to do to the next, never fully knowing why... I just realized that not only is today an unexpected day off, tomorrow is an expected day off. That feels freeing. I want my kid and wife to come see the show on Friday. The whole show.

Let's drift back to what I can do. I can write Gentle Werewolf. I can look at it and dive in deep. I sure can. I have most of tomorrow to do it, still. That will be excellent. I'm excited. Maybe I make a list of what I need to do. I'll open the document. I'll re-read what I've written so far. I'll ask myself what I want to do with these characters. What do I like about it already? Let's answer that.

I like that I'm imagining a world where the mess-up is someone other people love and take care of. I like that it's a world where people in general take care of each other. I like the idea that there's some forces that are trying to keep them from being weird...ooo. Maybe that's it. Maybe I need all the characters to embrace a bit of weird that there's some pressure externally to not be... maybe it needs to be more of a discovery of how to be themselves in the face of repressive forces?

Let's examine that. We've got Tom, centrally. I think...hmmm I think I do like that he has been self-medicating, and it's been hurting him and his friends. And that finding joy in being a werewolf is a change that's going to make him behave in a healthier way.