I didn’t want to write & I didn’t want to workout, but I did both.
Wrote 1800 words. It was the hardest 1800 words I’ve written. I had all these mental notes of changes, to add, to delete, to research, and so on. I made notes of all of them and kept on writing. It’s the on reason I’m very glad that I don’t have a TV right now and that I don’t have cable/internet. I wouldn’t have been able to write at all tonight.
I’m going to Vegas next Saturday and must get a head in my writing. I’d rather be ahead of the writing goal than behind it. I’ll keep plugging along though. Good or bad.
Last night, as I was writing, the muse was sitting across from me and supporting me. Tonight, the muse was MIA.
There’s a scene between my main character (MC) and another character and it flowed just perfectly. It wasn’t a scene that wasn’t planned and I was struggling with exactly how to approach the topic of conversation that needed to be had, but bam, there it was and it was exactly what I wanted.
Another scene that was written tonight could be perfect. I will have to tackle it in the rewrite. It’s a moment that could lead to a thousand places and I left it staring at the signs going WTF!
But I can’t fix that piece without going back & editing a bunch. That’s not the goal for this month. The goal is to write. Take a break and then rewrite, rewrite, rewrite.
I’m feeling good about my story line and characters. I think about what they’re doing when I’m not with them. They’re that important to me right now.
Also, I’m writing a little different. The only format is the margin. No chapter breaks, no page breaks to start the spot for a new chapter, just sheer writing. It’s weird because I keep thinking I should end the chapter here or there. I make note of it, but keep moving. That way I’m not stressing if it’s breaking where it should. It’s been freeing.
Instead of stopping and fixing something, I put a note below what I’m writing and keep on keeping on. It might be flawed, but it’s working for me and I dig that.
Time for bed now. It’s 10:02 and if everything goes as planned, I’ll be up at 5 am working out followed by an hour of writing. Nothing ever goes as planned though…but I don’t want to jinx it.
Listening to “My Ordinary World” by The Exies
