Love Me to the Bone
Draft 1
Words Added: 1,715
What Happened in the Story: (Whoops! Forgot to add this…) Let’s see, it was a two scene day, so in the late Act-2 pinch-point scene, Madeline rushes to say goodbye to Irene, whose time to leave has come. They have a sweet, heartbreaking goodbye on the train platform, and Madeline is then on her own. In the chronological scene, Irene takes Madeline to the Dead Letter Office, where Madeline meets–briefly–Alex, the FIRE/retire early guy who mails $5s, $10s, and $20s to random places like statues in public parks, hiking trails, and gutters for people to find. Then Irene heads off to soak in a hot spring (bones get cold), and Madeline returns to her apartment to finish her urgent work project.
Additional Notes: Phew! A low-energy day that still ended up turning into quite a few words more than I thought I’d get. When I came into the office, I was so deeply unmotivated, but I did my usual routine of listening to some of my soundtrack to get in the mood, and then decided to write a later pinch-point scene. That one ended up being about 800 words, and I like to hit at least 1k/day just to make sure we’re moving forward at a good clip, so I listened to the soundtrack again after that scene got typed up, and decided I could, actually, tackle a little bit of the next chronological scene. I figured, well, 200 words won’t take that long. Ended up with 915 to wrap that scene. So two scenes written today, even though both are on the shorter end, still added up to a lot of progress! Woohoo!
Now I need a nap.
it again.
Thanks for following along, and I hope you enjoy the ride! I’ll try and make these daily updates (on writing days), but I’ll probably miss a few now and then. Sorry about that in advance, but I’ll do my best to be consistent. If you’re craving some personal stakes in this process, feel free to toss me a “You Can Do It!” donation at my Ko-fi shop! I’m going to need a lot of coffee for this…