Trickery

Tomorrow is a deceptive word; there are loads of great semantic arguments as to why you still did something 'tomorrow', given its relative position in time.   As you might be able to tell, I didn't write that linking scene on the 'tomorrow' I was referring to in my last blog post, but instead the day after.   And I've got to say, that was the most fun writing I've done in quite some time.   I've gotten to a very pivotal moment in the story now, introducing a character that's been talked about for some twenty chapters but never seen, as well as leading up to some cool secrets I've been looking forward to revealing for some time.

Writing is great when you get to that part, when you're giving life to the scenes that have been rattling around your head for weeks, and everything just seems to slot perfectly into place.   There's no stopping to think about specific words, about what your character should be feeling, it all just works.   I made a note to myself to remember that feeling, because it had been a long time (accursed exams!) since I got there; and it's the reason why I write in the first place.

Needless to say, Songlord is going well, and I've left myself a rough edge to pick up easily enough later today/tomorrow/next week.   (That flexibility probably means next week.)   I'm traveling on the weekend, so no writing then, most likely, but you never know.   I really want to write the next part of the story so I wouldn't count it out just yet.   And once I finish my summer work placement (Friday), I plan to set myself a sort of flexible-ish writing regimen, so I should get a lot done in the weeks to come.   Given where Songlord sits now, and the amount of time I have, I might very well finish the first draft.   But that's being very optimistic.