1/4: 285 words. I slapped off my alarm and slept an extra fifteen minutes this morning, so I lost some writing time. After the fact, I never think the additional sleep was worth it. Writing time is more precious to me than sleep.

Today, I finished filling out a scene that ended up being about 1400 words. When I started writing it, I thought it was going to be much smaller. But in this instance, the words kept flowing and it kept developing. It’s weird how that works. Finding the right words for some scenes is look pulling teeth, while others (which you hadn’t planned out or thought through beforehand) essentially write themselves.

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