Writing A Novel - Saturday Sessions
I hoped to get a few hours done this morning but time got away from me, and so I was only able to fit one set of three Pomodoros in. Still, I made good progress, and I’m happy that I was able to make the time for it.
I hoped to finish this morning’s session by wrapping up chapter one. It’s currently sitting at 6,230 words, double the projected 3,000, and it’s either going to get bigger or I’m going to introduce a new chapter between this and the expected Chapter 2, because there’s still one scene I need to write to introduce the antagonist. (I say this, but looking at my outline I might be able to roll this scene into Chapter 3 instead. In which case, that means Chapter 1 is complete.)
My Pomodoros were a mixed bag. They were all 20 minutes long, producing 767, 400, and 709 words respectively. That second one has a lower word count because I had to pause to name a few characters who showed up in the course of writing. They’re both minor characters who I really should have known I needed to name when I was planning, since they’ll both show up again, but they have names now and so it’s no longer a problem. And even though I only got 400 words out in that 20 minute block I think they’re pretty good words, and I’m not upset about an 1,800 word session on a Saturday morning.
That’s basically all I have to report today. Good, steady progress, and the pre-writing journalling definitely helped me reorient myself in the story after taking a day off from writing it yesterday.