Well into my writing for this book but not close to where I should be with an April deadline, I decided to take a minute out of my writing retreat to share what is happening today. I am really hoping this will help me focus for the remainder of this retreat time.
One thing I find that happens for me, especially when working on a historical piece where I am researching as I go, I find ever enfolding bits of information with one bit leading to another. I have been reading printouts of works on a particular bit of information that I would like to include as a story. It is all new information to me, and surprisingly to Thomas too. He is a major source of knowledge for me in all aspects of history and he had not heard of this before either. As a result, I am looking at multiple reports and articles on this topic. I always do that anyway, because this is not direct source information and as a writer I would never want to take someone else's hard earned research and call it my own. I am simply finding information and combining it with my sense of environment and human nature to create interesting stories that flow together under my broader topic. At any rate, I am currently buried under a mound of growing notes, things that I want more information on so that I can write a sensible story. I might add. because I did not previously know about this information, it wasn't what I set out to write for this next chapter. So my writing plans for this chapter are on temporary hold until I finish this story first. It always seems to go that way.
When this break is over, I will be going to my notes for background information that leads up to where this new story begins. Always an interesting journey. I admit I am happy to have another story. After all, I have to write at least 30,000 words!
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