I had a great Day 1! I went through the entire Book 1 and fixed some continuity issues I didn’t know I was going to have when I started writing it. But I also really enjoyed the story. You may be thinking, well, yeah, you wrote it, of course you’re going to enjoy it, but that is not always the case. Quite often when I read older books, it’s basically a cringe fest. I’m not saying I’m going to be winning any prizes for this story, but I enjoyed it and it left me feeling pretty satisfied, so yay!
Today I’m going to go into Book 2, and sadly, probably delete a lot of what I’ve already written. I tend to have to write them to get to know my characters, and then go back and get rid of a lot of my discovery writing. I’ve tried doing complex character sheets, but I still end up going back and changing things. When I write, I feel like I’m channeling a movie that’s going on in my head onto the page. Often, the movie takes a dramatic turn I didn’t see coming. It’s part of the reason I love writing so much. I really just want to share all these adventures with other people and hope they get a kick out of them as much as I do.
I don’t know if I’ll get many new words down today, but I really need to go in and overhaul. I’ll let you know tomorrow how it goes.
