Words About Writing

 You know how sometimes you have a great idea in the middle of the night and either you don't write it down and can't remember it properly on waking, or you actually have the foresight to jot a note and it's unintelligible in the morning? Well, that didn't happen, but it might as well have. We've had some weather and household things to contend with, so I didn't write at all for the last two days. Today, I opened my WIP and in the last paragraph that I wrote, the penultimate sentence is this: At the car, the farmer handed a note to Lee. I'm nearing the end of the story, and rather than trying to ease into a sweet ending, I'm trying to inject suspense, maybe a nebulous sense of ominous foreshadowing. But WTF did I mean? What is in the note?!?! I know exactly what happened. I have started adding writing time in the evening, when I'm on my computer for other reasons anyway. I leave Scrivener open in the background, and when I have a break I go over and

I know I said if I didn't finish by the end of August it would just be a few days later. I'm giving myself grace to get it right. It won't be "right" right, of course. But first-draft right is the goal. Beginning, middle, end, cohesive and coherent, reasonable flow. There will be a ton of editing to do. Later. I'm so close, but my characters keep doing things and hitting obstacles. And that's good. That will make the book more interesting. But it does make me write more. So I'm allowing it. I'm giving myself grace. After this first draft is put to bed for a few months rest, I'm going to start lining up a new work for Nanowrimo. This one that's in my head might not technically fit "National NOVEL Writing Month" because it will be more personal, about my experiences and observations. I think. I didn't know if I'd do Nano this year, but I'm ready for a new project, and I think I have a good idea. I just want to finish las