Today’s word count: 1998
Today’s writing: flowing
My energy level: good

It’s another tortoise-and-hare day. I keep moving the story forward another notch, but there is a definite sense of plodding. I suppose that goes with the territory. I am out in the muddy middle of my book, and it requires some stamina to stick with it. I am trying to lay some ground work for the future, even though I don’t actually know where I’m going.

For example, today I gave a character dubious motives. Jasper, the envoy sent from Pepin to Ayre to negotiate the marriage and part of the party searching for the princess, has finally found someone who saw Wren alive and well. He finds out where she was last seen and pays the man handsomely for the information. The dubious thing is that he sets off for the village alone, leaving a misleading note for her bodyguard that sends them in the other direction.

So one has to wonder what he is up to.

I know I do.

I was going to take a break from writing tomorrow because I thought I needed a vacation. But I’m not feeling that way at the moment. Right now, I’m wondering about the princess and her friends. They are on the road, trying to get to Pepin on foot, and I think Things are about to Happen to them. I’m not sure I can wait until Saturday to find out What’s Next.

I am 2800 words ahead of goal at the moment, so a day off wouldn’t hurt me at all. But I think I’ll save that up for a day when I need a break. As long as I have the stomach for slogging, I might as well keep at it.

I have to share a quote I came across this week. I always find it comforting when someone else’s creative process has something in common with mine.

I have never started a poem yet whose end I knew. Writing a poem is discovering. -Robert Frost

I wonder what I will discover tomorrow?