Tuesday, January 27.

Steve was not home today, so I got a lot of writing done. Of course, I had to check everyone else's blog, and leave comments, but eventually, I got to writing.

I did not add any words to the novel today either. In fact, I lost about 300 word, due to revisions.

The word revision is actually the perfect word for this process. The novel is undergoing a change, a new vision, for the direction, and the characters. I am not so much revising it, as revisioning it. This process is pretty enjoyable. It is easier to fix something that is already there, than to come up with something new.

I know now why I chose this novel. I love these characters. I went back and realized I made the main character a little too unlikable. I softened her edges. Also, since I quit smoking, so did she!

I am bummed that the writing part of my day is now over, but I am happy the mothering part is beginning.