I don’t think I’ve ever hit 1667 exactly on day 1 before.
day one, 1052
So I thought I’d done my outline, but… no, it was still a bunch of notes in my notebook, waiting to be entered.
ditto with my timeline of events to help me.AND I hadn’t finished either 1939 or 1944’s research yet!
I really need to not mark things off my to-do list until they are, you know, to-done.
Still: kick ass opener. Really happy about it. And tomorrow, hopefully, I won’t have to muck about with preliminaries anymore.
another bonus: I got to call my dad for airplane help and I have an excuse to look at Jane’s with him.
day 1: 1833 words; day 2: 562 words
Today (day 2) is notable because:
– I wrote even though I was busy and wasn’t home til late;
– I wrote in longhand on the train. Gave me a good sense of how much I can do handwritten.
Script Frenzy – 5 pages
Well, let’s see if I can do this one.
I just wrote 5 pages of dialogue about the fact that I don’t know what to write.
Finally got a setting. Maybe some characters.
Had fun.
Day One, 1924 words
Okay, first day down.
Had a slow part. Added a new element to the story I liked.
I knew Zorashi would be there, but didn’t realize Highbourne would show up.
I had an idea of what my general plot would be–what the question I would follow, or that my characters would follow, would be.
But I added a new element into it. Might have it come back. I liked it a lot, would give a foil, but I’m worried it would be too “handlebar mustache, tied to the train tracks” type melodrama.
Nothing wrong with melodrama. It just has to be good.
The hardest thing today was STOPPING. I guess i”m worried about burnout. This is about process. This is about process.
Process and Completion, Process and Completion
Done is Good.
There. Now I have mantras.