July 19, 2003
Day of rest
Well, sort of, anyway. I did about five hundred words today, most of which were outline and plotting-related rather than actual manuscript words. I had a few major plot revelations in the past 24 hours, which can only be a good thing. Suffice to say, things just got considerably more complicated. It's not longer completely clear who's evil and who isn't. There are protagonists and antagonists, but with a few exceptions, they're all shaded in gray. Some are just darker gray than others.
While I am trying to work every day here, I think I may use weekends largely for edits and that sort of thing. I passed the pages I printed yesterday on to a friend, and reprinted the first two chapters today for myself. I went through the prelude and chapter one, marking a few changes and noticing a few questions I need to answer later. Which led to the second plot revelation I had--so I feel like I actually did get something done, even if I wasn't furiously typing.
Looking over my word count spreadsheet (yes, I have one, yes it's ridiculously complex, but it makes me feel good), I noticed that I've written every single day since the 11th, and I've been working regularly all month, with only five days of absolutely no writing work at all. It feels very very good, to put it mildly. :)
Posted by Lisa at July 19, 2003 02:10 PM