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1,200 words on Revelation tonight. I attribute this to two things.

1. Coffee and waffles. I work swings, so when I get off work at 10pm, I have the option of either going straight home or stopping for a little smackrel of something on the way home. As it happens, there’s a Village Inn near my house that makes excellent waffles. So I swung by, had a waffle and some coffee–I’m actually writing this post still seated in the booth with my coffee–and then started to write. I love writing in restaurants because the scenery keeps my Monkey Mind busy while I let the words flow out. Plus waffles!

2. I approached this session the same way I did NaNoWriMo last year and the same way Natalie Goldberg recommends you do Writing Practice. I turned off the internal editor, didn’t even look at the screen, and kept my hands moving. In this case, I kept my phone off to the side and typed continually on my Bluetooth iGo Sierra while staring off into the distance. Before I knew it, I had over a thousand words, some twists and surprises I hadn’t expected–while working the accident at the beginning of the book, Daniel tells people he’s a doctor, which is a stretch if not technically wrong–and I came to a good stopping point that will let me springboard back into the story next time.

Of course, before I do that, or at least before I show it to the Asimovs, I’ll need to clean it up. I’m not a bad typist, but going full bore balls to the wall speed while not looking doesn’t result in pretty prose. But that’s what word processors are for, neh?

Takeaway from this evening’s writing: Caffiene and sugar, good. Freeing myself up to Just Write by not looking at what I’m actually typing, even better.