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When I started writing again after a long hiatus, I was all discovery writer. I'd sit down with a blank page and see what popped into my head. It made for interesting work, but also for a lot of incomplete stories.

These days, I tend to have an idea of what I want to write, what sort of character I plan to write about, and where I want a story to go. I still leave room for discovery, but I've learned that I need some direction to help me finish things.

Well I did it. I finished book 2 in my new as yet to be released series yesterday. 3k yesterday, 21k in the past 5 days, and 105k in the book. I’m super excited where I left it off. I strayed from my plotting self and pantsed the last half of the book, destroying my neatly crafted outline. But I went where the characters wanted me to. Book 3 is gonna be fun, but I’ve got book 6 in #DarkNebula to write first.

83k words in, 17k more to go, and I have NO idea how I'm going to bring this book to where it needs to be when it's finished. I have my mark to hit for book 3, and we're a mile off from there. Man have I destroyed my outline this time around. I'm discovery writing with my pants off! 🤣 😭 Strangely, though, it feels good. The words are flowing and really like how the characters are evolving.