I ended up having to cut a lot of material, about 1500 words. Actually I updated FOUR SCENES. And now they are what Muse-Me imagined the scenes could be and what my mind's eye envisioned when I first sparked on a glimmer of the scenes. I'm in a little bit of happy shock to be honest.
I could not move the story forward but more importantly, the story is now back on track. It makes me really happy that I could make that happen in one night. And although I am not beyond where I was before, I did end up with 358 new words [goal met!!] New total: 77,796
Now I have a comfortable spirit for moving the story forward another scene. No more reluctance because things just weren't right. But I know already that tomorrow is going to be another difficult scene to get into and figure out how to handle correctly.
It's an odd thing really. I know where I want to go/what the scenes are about. But the details can still be a mystery and yet they are the most important thing. They add weight to the story and if they're out of balance or if they lean in the wrong direction they just start pulling everything off course, drifting me away from my dream story.
But, tonight at least, it's wonderful to cross so many scenes off my outline as good and truly done.
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