written at Barnes and Noble’s with Alex, so a bit distracted.
day 26, session 1, 39455
So here’s the first set for the day. Now I’m off to run again, which I’m not looking forward to [whenever am I however?]
I really hate running. But it works. Also I want to do it while the weather is nice.
Also, I need to figure out what is going to happen to make Del panicked about Julie which will drive the last quarter of the novel. Right now we’re having lots of fun in Istanbul, but it’s not going to last forever. He has to get back to France somehow.
Day Twenty-Six, 3640 so far
two hourlong sessions: 1765 and 1875.
So here’s what I learned:
I cannot cannot cannot outline. I outlined the last nine steps of the book and then couldn’t write them, because they were wrong. I just worried that continuing to write without a plan would make the book a bit like the never-ending plays I’d make my family endure when I was eight.
So I sat down today with a couple of questions and just jumped in where I’d left off, and tried to see where it’d take me.
I am liking where it is taking me–and I also think it’ll give me a far more satisfactory path to the ending.
Now, let’s just see if I can do another 1700 words this afternoon.