Honestly, I'm usually an enthusiastic outliner (and it ABSOLUTELY counts as work). This one is a challenge because its original form was heavily vibes-based, and getting into the headspace to rewrite it is pushing me back into that discovery place. But it actually requires planning to work, so

The rampage was basically the whole point when I slammed out the zero draft in 2020! But I also thought, back then, that it was a "just for me" sort of project, and now I think it has a lot of potential for an audience. Just needs the front half to work with the back half.

I'm outlining tonight, which makes me feel like a goober compared to all the words I've written this month, but I decided to count it because it's important to maintain forward movement in the first (non-rampage) part of this book

I did it??? this coffee shop is magical??? I can NEVER come here except to write, this is too sacred

adopted. hashtagged. no notes.

and i DID

I'm sitting down at the coffee shop across the street with something called a blackberry swirl latte to hammer out some words. I'd like to crack 2k for today's session if I can.

1200 down, sitting down for the final stretch now. I always over-schedule myself on Nov 1 but I am d o i n g i t

Most often, it's a worldbuilding element that I let stew for months or years before I uncover the story I want to tell in that world. If not that, it's character.

That said, thinking about what I'm working on now, it was a moment when my oppositional reflex kicked in re: a super shitty movie I saw.

Unbelievably excited for this! I, too, am rewriting a zero draft