Yall it is SO MUCH WORK, this outlining process, but it so very very satisfying to see a character or a scene start to come to life. The sketch is always fun, the rough shape…but this detailed outline (and then, obviously, writing the scene) is when I actually start...

Day started out like gangbusters today. I figured out how many scenes I need to aim for with each session. I think I was writing about it last night, but my outlining process is finally, finally starting to alllll make sense to me. I can see my necessary steps, now....

A much, much better writing day today, thank goodness. The entire story has shape. I have to go in and fix some stuff I’d filled out, and then fill out the majority of the scenes, but the loose sketch is all the way there, as of today. Each scene needs a spark of...