1506

The new story is at 1506 words now. I did about 500 after work yesterday, then another 500 or so this morning.

I think the difficult thing with writing this one is that I know the story, the backstory, the sidestory, and so many more things about what's going on that probably won't even make it into the story, and as I'm writing, I'm constantly trying to figure out how to reveal information without an info-dump and without info-overload. I could spell out in very clear detail what's going on, what the characters are coming to understand as the story progresses, but it would read forced, so I have to decide what bits to let slip and how best to show them--as opposed to telling.

This seems so much easier when I'm discovering a story as I write it; it's not often I know a story so completely before I even start it, but this one just came to me in a flash one night and it was all there. I'm having to reign in my impatience and let the story unfold naturally.

I anticipate at least another 1500 words, possibly 2000, which will be close to where I figured the story would end up. First draft by next Friday at the very absolute latest.