A scene a day for 7 days

I had a great day writing yesterday (or rather, a great half-day – the wonderful serendipity of the Vineyard in summer called me away for an unexpected lunch date that lasted until 10 pm and included a tango lesson). Best of all, I was able to outline the first unit of my novel, specifying and numbering the scenes not-yet-written – scenes which MUST be written before I am free to move onto the meat of the story.

There are 7 such scenes. I’ve given myself the challenge of writing a scene a day for 7 days, so that a week from now, I should be able to say, with total honesty, that the first third of the book is wrapped (at least, its first draft – there are gaping holes requiring deeper research on specifics of life in medieval Venice. For example, what were brothels like? How long did it take to load a matchlock rife? and so on).

I actually lettered the scenes, rather than numbering them, and the first several are already done, so today I begin “Scene E.” Wish me luck…