Sometimes, I Think My Brain Parties While I'm Asleep

Cause when I wake up, I know it's been up to something.

It must have been at a BIG party last night. Cause this morning, it was jumping up and down screaming, "Get up! Get up!" at 6:15, while I'm rolling over, mumbling, "Go away and let me sleep."

But, since the alarm was scheduled to go off at 6:30, I got up. Checked my e-mail. Took a bath. Got dressed to go out for breakfast.

And, then...

It hit me!

What my brain had been working on all night.

To say that I was amazed with all its progress is an understatement. It made me very happy that it decided to work overtime while I took it easy and slept.

Good brain. Nice brain.

I think I'll keep you, brain.

On the Right Track?

Maybe. I think so.

In fact, I wrote a HUGELY long LJ post about it earlier today. Around noon. But, once I read back through it, I decided it was probably just for myself and too much to subject my FL, too, as it went into a lot of detail about how I wrote, details of my universe, and working to find the proper starting point from which to market that universe.

For now, I'm working on taking one manuscript and splitting it into two proper stories, polishing them, and seeing what comes of it.

Right now, the main problem I'm having is getting back into the habit of trusting myself and going with the flow.

I know what I want to use for the beginning. It's something I'd cut out before and was going to put into another novel, but it belongs in the first book.

I think I need to just put it in, stop stalling, and revise it after I get the two split.

Intimidated

OMG, I am soooo intimidated about revising/splitting/rewriting this novel!

Eeeeek!

Mood Food

So, now that Pizza Hut has arrived with my quepapas (and pizza for the kids), I think they're helping a little with the stress.

Deep breath.

Edit.

Deep breath.

Edit.

Split if I'm sure that's what I need to do when I get to the right point.

It's a Start

I decided to start editing on Ancient Secrets with the full file still intact. As I edit, I'll shape and change the story until I can split it when I reach the proper point.

Then, I'll recraft the opening for the second book and continue from there.

So far, tonight, I added in a new opening scene, that was already mostly written, edited it, added to it. Which means, that for today's progress, I actually ended up with MORE words than I started with, even though some of the material was cut.

Ancient Secrets

Beginning Word Count: 262,120

Ending Word Count: 264,062

Revising Progress:

1,282 / 264,062 (0.5%)

Got a long way to go, but I'm going to take it one step at a time.