Today didn’t work out as planned and I didn’t do as much writing as I had hoped - only a few pages in the notebook, writing filler scenes that need to exist, I’m just not quite sure where.

Drafting non-linearly is a change for me and for the most part I’ve found it to be a more measured, interesting approach. But I’m now reaching the point where all these little islands need to connect and I feel my bridge-building skills are sorely lacking. If the first draft of everything is shit, then this is wet and messy and all over the place.

(Sorry - that’s quite disgusting, but I’ve had to clean up after the cat twice today and it’s obviously had more of an impact than I realised.)

I’m consoling myself with the fact that, in those couple of pages, there’s a few sentences that I’m pretty pleased with. That will have to do.