found drama

+1,760 = 40,632 of 50,000 (81.26%)
Just under 10,000 words to go.  Long week, what with all that was in it and writing on top of that.  But there was some good material in there—quite a bit that would survive the cut into the second draft, and more…

+1,915 = 38,872 of 50,000 (77.74%)
Stutters and stops-and-starts, but overall some decent output.  Good action, introducing an interesting twist.  Got things set up well for the next writing session, too.  A few breadcrumb notes to put me back on co…

+1,744 = 36,957 of 50,000 (73.91%)
Grinding.  Getting words out.  Tough to slog through it tonight but I made it.  Tomorrow night’s will be better, I’m thinking—set things up for some action.  Get creative.  Get risky.

+2,153 = 33,480 of 50,000 (66.96%)
Not bad.  Especially considering a full day at work and “It’s Just Dad Tonight Night” with The Boy until about 8:00pm.  Some good material in there, too.  Though I’ll admit I feel like I don’t know “whe…

+2,671 = 31,307 of 50,000 (62.61%)
Big output today.  Again, fitting in the little bits around the rest of my life.  Noticing that I don’t do settings as well as I would like.  I lapse so often into dialogue—which seems to advance the plot.  Bu…

+2,136 = 28,636 of 50,000 (57.27%)
A little bit at time, throughout the day.  And a decent run in the evening.  Anyway, that’s like four days ahead of schedule.  So I’m pretty pleased.

+1,758 = 26,500 of 50,000 (53%)
And that’s even with having gone out to an informal little dinner party…

+1,721 = 24,751 of 50,000 (49.5%)
Just shy of 50%… and just over ⅓ of the way into this thing.  Gonna take a quick break.  Watch a little something with A….  Maybe circle back and tack on an extra 250 words or so.