Thought Patterns

Missed my Dare goal of 118,000 by 13,803. I had forgotten February was a short month.

Went over my goal of 80,000 rewrite words by 4398. You can see all the numbers on the CLOG page.

I had a great count for January (70,829) but February was less than half that (33,368), giving me a 1766 daily average.

I did, however, do good on Butch Girls today. I got in the conflict I needed, although I am not sure it is what the book needs. I need to dissect this monster before it gets out of hand. See, conflict is what makes the book worth reading. Some 'experts' believe that every paragraph must have a conflict. Not a war or battle necessary, but more along the lines of a tough decision. For example, who wants to read a book about two people dating the perfect date? Wouldn't you rather read about how they set up trust (you don't know it 'till you lose it) and boundaries (you don't know where they are until they are crossed)? What about dialogue? Same thing applies. If they just sit and speak plain words that have no meaning, why bother then?

Kelly and Grace have acknowledged the attraction. Now Kelly has to re-learn it all and Grace must …what? See, I don't know. We all have hangups. We all have something that we carry with us from one relationship to another. We all have 'issues' that need 'processing'. So what is Grace's issue? Is her maternal need to only love those who love her kid? If so, then there's no conflict since this version of the story has Kelly just fine with kids. I keep leaning toward her hinted problem with committment. Kelly gives it all or nothing. Grace gives it in bits. Hmm, maybe I have something there….