I did 225 words today. But damn they were good. I’m not even joking. Really good. Not what I’d envisioned for the scene, but so much better. The real-ness.

That kind of…unexpected content (terrible word for it, but that’s all I can think of to mash together what it is, which is action, dialogue, point of view, thought, or feeling) is a major part of my process. I’ve learned I can only outline to a point, because I rarely ever know what a scene is *really* about until I’m actually there at the keyboard picturing, listening, and feeling myself there. So much of what makes the scene real, ultimately, comes from that part of the process, not the outlining.

So…that was nice.

It’s late, so I’ll talk more about my day tomorrow, because I thought a lot about how to spend my next 30 days, but it was a good day. An emotional day, for some reason. Genuinely, no real reason, I just was. 🤷‍♂️ that happens sometimes.

But genuinely, a *good* day.

Oh! And I got in a boxed set of Miyazaki’s movies…and they were bootlegged! Uuuggghhh. I’m getting a refund and it looks like there may be other legitimate sellers to buy from, but still. Frustrating 🙄

Good night 🤓