It's never too early to panic!

I will break 1,000 words; I will break 1,000 words; I will break 1,000 words.


I was able to get around 300 more words done at work today bringing my total to 626. I'm behind... way behind. But it's not time to panic yet. It's only the second day. There will be plenty of time to panic later. Right?


Tonight I've been working on my first major flashback scene that gives a bit of history to the relationship between Abby and Jay. I struggled with how to present this relationship to the reader all through the planning process. Jay, both the person and his history with Abby, is essentially the driving plot in this novel. However, Jay the person will not be making a face to face appearance with Abby in this world. He'll be visiting in dreams, memories, maybe a ghostly vision.


Oooh, have I said too much? Rather than bore the reader with big info dumps in prologue or whatever form, I think well timed flashbacks will provide the insight necessary to understand how important Jay was to Abby and why she's going to the lengths she is to clear his name. Clear his name of what? Well, I haven't figured that part out yet =)


I'm having difficulty controlling my inner editor tonight. I have to keep reminding myself that the purpose of this month is to simply get it on paper. Nothing else matters. Stop rereading. Ignore the grammar mistakes and awkwardly worded sentences. Just keep writing.