I’ve taken some time outlining the plot for the second half, no longer does “some stuff happen.”
It’s been confusing just because I’ll be in outline mode, and again characters will begin having conversations while I’m trying to make plans, so I have to duck out of my plotting Word document, make a new conversation document, write up what they’re saying, which is usually just stupid and inane because let’s be frank, they aren’t real. The inane comes out of my head. (Blame the Inane on Mame, boys.) Then I save it and by that time Word has gone into the doggy crawl mode that happens after an hour and a half and it’s just a pain to use.
However, at least things are happening, particularly this week.
Sunday: one half hour, 3/4ths of a page
Monday: ninety minutes, 3 pages
Wednesday: ninety minutes, 1 and 1/2 pages (but part of that was going back to plotting)
Thursday, 45 minutes, 1/2 page, but it was all action, no dialog.
So if that averages to 1.5 pages per hour, 150 more pages to go, 100 more hours? That’s just like two and a half work weeks, or spread out an hour a day that’s three more months. And then I’ll have a draft so I can revise every word.
What’s inspired me? My bedside table has Mom’s travel journal and Jerry’s version of the book. It seems I should genetically be able to do this.
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