Out of all the options I was considering yesterday, I decided to begin typing up the story I started writing in my journal about a month ago. As I type, I'm leaving out certain details and embellishing other areas. In some parts, it's a pretty substantial rewrite, but I'm glad I jotted it all down at the end of January and beginning of February, because the main themes are intact.
It looks like it's probably going to be about 20 single-spaced pages typed, but I also have written up a fairly extensive outline for the rest of the story, which I've started adjusting too. I've added a few more details in the tiny amount of blank space left on my journal pages, which reminds me that I need to fill a little less of the pages as I scribble things down, so that I have space for additional notes.
It is highly satisfying as I type up the story that it still seems to be heading in a good direction that I should be able to sustain for several more pages. The real question will be whether or not it still seems like a good story by the time I get to the end and begin reading through the finished novel, novella or short story, whatever the case may be.
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