Novel Day -167 (610 words)

First day went pretty well. Squeezed in some planning/writing time during commute and lunch break. Did some light outlining and act design before starting. Bet this will undergo a major revision soon but this is enough to get me started. Came up with 36 sequences at planning - Act I: 8; Act II: 21; Act III: 7. Looks about right. A couple of dialogues cropped up during planning. Leaving them in might help to spawn scenes.

Fulfilled the day's word-quota of 300. Actually doubled it (610 words). Picked the climactic sequence of Act III as the first page-fill. Working this way helps me to determine what earlier sequences should be about. Spent about 5 mins. clustering the sequence before writing for about 10. Struggled to keep the pen moving the first few mins. Once that passed the flow kicked in and words spilled over two A4 pages. Though the total words of the day did not actually cover the whole sequence. Probably about 3/4 of it. Might start the next day's page-fill with finishing the last 1/4.

Writing never felt as uplifting as this.

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