Do we need a sympathetic villain? I feel like that's something storytellers have been taught...and I'm just not so sure it's necessary. And I really do mean I'm not sure. I don't have an answer. All I know is that I have the question. Do villains need to be...

I might be in a little mini groove. I wrote another thousand words today. Halleloo. Quick entry tonight because I want to hit that hay, but there were some small victories today that felt good: I was tired this morning, driving to work, and worried about being...

It never fails; I always have at least one good idea before bed. This writing before sleep thing is staaaaarting to kick in. I'm on a streak right now that's very satisfying. And by "writing," I mean on my current work in progress. Not the blog. Obviously THAT streak...

I'm in the zone. I can feel it. It's a nice place. The zone feels like one day at a time. One scene at a time. One word at a time. The zone is in the present. It's not worried about the future or the past. It's focused. It's calm. It doesn't slide too high or too low....

I feel like my day got torpedoed at the end...or more like I torpedoed it. It was a mix of both, to be honest. I got behind with work, and that made me available late to go and get my afternoon writing session in...and then there wasn't anywhere available to write. I...

I've had one of the best Sundays in a while, today. I can't tell you exactly why it was so good. I mean, I can: I got everything done I wanted to get done...but in terms of WHY I was able to get all that stuff done and feel so good about it? I don't know. Except maybe...

I was taking in therapy today about how much comfort and safety I get from my routines. I've been out of those routines here for a little while with all the traveling and stuff from the month. And here's the thing: I always look forward to traveling. Genuinely. I...

Man, writing is a gd rollercoaster for me right now. The ups and downs. I had a breakthrough on this scene today. I was tired as fuck, but I got to work on time and I sat down and I banged out my morning session and there it was: the scene I'd been looking for. Magic....

You ever wake up grumpy? No reason, just foul? I freaking almost never do that. I'm a happy waker. Or, at the very least, I'm a tired zombie waker. Not today. I woke up grumpy. Stayed that way, just feeling in a funk, till around lunch time...and then some time in the...

I wrote all three sessions today. That's a win. The writing wasn't great. I'm on a sequence of scenes that clearly need to be fixed. They're not working. They're not ringing true. There's an emotional truth that's not being observed. So...I'm working and reworking...