Surprise

Opening up my story each night is really like opening a box full of unknown magic...I never really know what is going to jump out of me as I begin to type, or perhaps what will disappear...it is all so very spontaneous and unpredictable! That's isn't always a bad thing, of course. Oftentimes, great ideas come from little planning, with one little thought or idea blossoming into an entire chapter or some new exciting event or adventure for my character Nola to embark on...but it doesn't come without a battle. Some nights I can't seem to squeeze anything out, but luckily those nights are seldom. Other nights, what I come up with doesn't seem to fit anything else I've written! I'm at one such point right now...do I jump right from her youth (in the form of a prologue from her mother's point of view), or do I have the story unfold bit by bit, going up through the ages with large and small jumps in time so it doesn't come across as overly pedantic? Not sure...written it both ways now, but reading it back, it seems rather disjoint (again!) and hard to follow. I should read it and know exactly who is who and when and where. Not getting that so much at the moment...

I suppose I'd better tackle the challenge before it gets too late.

Total estimated time till novel is finished: eons!