To date, 2024 has been my least productive writing year in a long time. It’s trending toward my worst year since I started keeping a word count log in 2019. But I’d venture to guess it’s my least productive since first starting a law blog in 2016. That is mostly a result of a work schedule that’s been overly busy and left me devoid of creative energy.
So I’ve resolved to use vacation to make significant headway on finishing the Middle Build (Act II) of Novel No. 6. I ran into difficulty there too. While I’ve known the major plot points that are ahead of me for the rest of the novel, I haven’t known how the various dots will connect.
This morning, instead of writing, I had to figure out where I was going. I spent a couple of hours plotting out the next five chapters of Novel No. 6. This had the added benefit of helping me fill in some gaps for the Ending Payoff (Act III). While my word count for today will be inconsequential, having chapter outlines for the next section of the book will pay huge dividends.
