November 2, 2004

• 3,015:  That’s what I’ve got so far.  It’s rolling along easily because this part of the plot I’ve had in my head since last summer.  I looked at my favorite book and paid attention to how you are supposed to write dialogue and how to transition between characters.  I switched to writing in third person but I’m still hanging on to the hope I can keep one character in first person.  She’s the one I get the most and it just sounds stronger when I leave it like that.  But then the transition is awkward.  But like Anam said, “that’s what editors are for.”  Because I’m used to being the editor, it’s hard to leave those lines that I know are wrong, but  it’s not worth losing momentum over.  I feel like God is writing this with me, just easing me from one scene to the next.  I don’t even have to sit and wonder how to get there.  This feels just like reading a good book, to me.  I can’t stop until I get my fill, and then I’m too full to write another page.  So I’m not worrying so much about the exact word count at the end of the day. 

  
  

  I’m off to the hospital, ’cause it’s Tuesday.

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