How many days has it been since I was actually writing? It feels like about a week. Between that delay and this next scene being the first to introduce another major character (the best fried, and from his own point of view), I’m [procrastinating by] taking time to re-read all of my notes.
Today, I reread my meta information for the story as well as my full character profiles on my hero and best friend characters to try to get an idea of how I will set up their interaction in the scene. But just like that, my writing time for the day ran out.
Still, I think this kind of review is important until I can finally internalize all of my characters and story. I wish it was all more natural to me, but I can’t seem to keep my focus on the story like I used to be able to. I envy the full-time writers who can spend all day thinking about their stories and working on them and imagine that they don’t go through this – though maybe they all did at first. Maybe some day I’ll get over it.
But to do that, I have to write and finish this story.
Today is my daughter’s birthday, so my focus needs to be on her, but if I have time, I will try to write, rather than wasting my time on other foolish games and wastes of time.