I’ve been working on the beginning of La Cause, trying to find my way into the story. I’ve stepped back to the outline again, and it’s at last let me past the first roadblock. My stories seem to wander down cul de sacs and get turned around, and it can be very hard to find where the wrong turning took place. It may be that the turn just was made too soon and there are no wrong parts, just things in the wrong [...]
I’ve cleared 10K tonight on SanClare Scarlet, take 2.03. I’d write more but I have company coming tomorrow, and I’m already up two hours later than I’d planned. This is good. I think this is good. I think I’ve found the threads that will weave this story together at last. I hate feeling like I’ve said that over and over, but I’ve been here before, slashing through the underbrush with my dull machete. Eventually I find the trail.