Not so much with the good

In the last 48 hours, I have written a grand total of 447 words, bringing up my total wordcount to 8,768.

Egads! But I can't really complain, as I've spent some great time with a friend I hardly ever see and am always really happy to hang out with. Yay! :) Not only that, but we were treated to some really awesome homemade food by other friends of ours. How can we be this lucky?

But back to the story (meanwhile, back at the ranch), I have completely (sort of) abandoned the "story" I had been working on and have started anew. And I think I am already having a decent time of it -- all 193 words of it! I had been severely crippling myself by saddling the project with old characters who didn't necessarily have a "starring material" quality about them. And the story I thought I wanted to tell was in fact too convoluted.

The new story will have a very simple plot. And start with some very simple characters. And I will spend lots of time exploring who they are and figuring them out as I write, instead of just before I write and getting frustrated during the writing when they didn't obey the rules I had set up for them. Really, the essence of it was that I was suffocating the characters and story. So tomorrow is a whole new day, full of exciting new opportunities.

I am keeping the wordcount that I had accumulated so far, because in the best case scenario, I will be able to incorporate the people and scenes I already have in a supporting role in the new plot.

Write on, writeous soldiers.

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Sorry.