In my zeal to keep writing, I'm writing on both my desktop and my laptop. The problem is one is PC and the other is a Mac, respectively. In addition, I haven't figured out how to save drafts from my PC anywhere other than locally. I can't see the iCloud from my PC. I'm using Scrivener, which I like a lot, but I dislike that the PC version hasn't caught up to the Mac version.
So as a result of multiple drafts, I lost about a 1000 words. I looked through all previous iterations and I saw that my most recent saves had been corrupted. I had somewhere to go and I decided to just rewrite that section. What other choice did I have? The other good thing with having multiple copies and versions there were some earlier chapters that were just gone so I was able to recover those as well. What sucked was that the missing chapter seemed to be filled with a blank unicode text that I couldn't access. So it was still there, kinda, but just out of reach.
Anyway, the main elements were still fresh in my head so I was able to crank out over 1000 words in an hour and a half. I don't know if that is super impressive, but it goes to show that the clearer you are in knowing what you want to say, the faster you can proceed. I think that applies to most things, not just writing.
Also, again, nothing beats research. There's nothing better than going to an environment where your characters are going to interact and thinking about their reactions to the location. I didn't want to bring my laptop with me so I emailed my thoughts to myself. I also found a new location to set up a scene that I hadn't considered before. That was a fortuitous surprise.
I'm looking foward to this afternoon when I can make those thoughts congeal.
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