OK, so I wrote five pages tonight. They're probably not very good and I'm certain they fall into "shitty first draft" territory, but I made the effort.
It's part of the skeleton to hang the rest of the story on. I can go back and put more meat on the bones later. Right now, the story's pretty thin, but at least I got some of what's been percolating in my head typed up before I forget it all.
I still don't feel like I'm getting the protagonist's voice just right, but as I go back and revise I can subtract the bits that don't ring true and add tone and personality traits that suit her and characters that she can interact with.
We'll see how it goes the rest of the week. All I can do is park myself here in the chair and make the effort. Eventually the crap I've written so far will be the fertilizer I need to make trees and flowers and grass take root ... I hope.
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