For some reason, the words would not flow today. It was a frustrating change from the last few days. Yesterday, by first day back at home, the non-fiction words went well. And last time I worked on the Book 1 Project, I was much more fluid as well. But today, my brain seems to be in a fog. I even found myself staring at the blank page while trying to write my morning journal.
That certainly didn’t help, but for the novel, I think another factor was trying to pick up in the middle of a half-written scene. I didn’t go back to re-read the first half of it, because I thought I might end up trying to edit it, but I think that was a mistake. If I’d gone back, I might have been able to pick up where I left off. Instead, it took precious time and may false starts to try to pick up where I left off. In the end, I got in my minimum count of 500 words, but it was like pulling teeth the whole time. Worse, I didn’t even finish the scene, so I’m going to have to back and attack it one more time later.
Perhaps part of the problem is that I’m trying to work in too much background information into the scene and so I don’t have my hero behaving naturally. She should be entering this scene feeling frustrated, but ends up being too introspective. I think I she keep her more impatient and frustrated and have only the king be introspective and distracted – frustrating her further! That might make it easier to write. I know what it feels like to be in a rush and distracted, yet not be able to get rid of someone who is completely oblivious to your situation.