I'm well into Chapter 6 now. It's all talking so far, which has me a little worried. But it might need to happen that way. I mean, the stuff that happens WOULD entail a lengthy conversation or two...it's the most exciting thing to come along for Zachary and probably even the rest of the team, in a long time.
I surprised myself in describing (and thinking of) Zoe as a soldier. She's always been a kind of wild child in the other versions of the book... and you know what, maybe she still is. Even though she works with the military it can't change her inherent traits. Besides, Zoe having this military experience can be a nice contrast between the two of them, a contrast that wasn't there before.
Anyway, if all goes well, tonight I'll finish the chapter and start Chapter 7. I can't fall into that old trap of "putting off writing the good stuff", as I like to call it. I did that for the entire last version of this story and it wasn't fun. I lost interest. I will NOT let that happen with this one! My goal is to finish it this year, if not by the end of the summer. It'll mean watching fewer Netflix movies and forcing Greg to be a writing-widower, but it should pay off when it's all done. I just need that ONE first, complete draft. And then I can find an agent. I'm really confident I can get one for some reason. Now getting it published? That's too far out to try to imagine. I'll take it one step at a time, thanks.
And enjoy the writing in the meantime. Because it IS just the most fun.
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