I am slogging through building an outline. I have been slogging through building an outline for approximately three decades. Since this is 2020, I figure that's pretty good. (Or would be, if I was wrapping up rather than very firmly in the middle of the slog.) There has also been personal stuff (of the good-but-scary variety) and incredibly stressful stuff (the election) on top of the background noise of 2020 (and yes, somehow the global pandemic that is currently raging unchecked in my country, heading toward a quarter million deaths, counts as "background noise"). I am very eager to get to 2021.