An epic day.

Today I wrote five thousand words. This is my highest daily wordcount in the entire history of Laura writing. To some — and I know they're out there — who routinely produce many thousands of words per day, this may not seem like much. But I'm a relatively meticulous, polish-as-I-go writer. A two-thousand-word day is usually cause for great rejoicing.

But now at least I know I can do it. I can allow, even encourage, myself to write now, polish later. It's a mode I don't particularly feel comfortable with, but it's a writing skill, and realization, that may come in handy one day when I really need it. Sort of like knowing how to tarp a storm-damaged roof. I can tarp a roof, even though it's not the most comfortable thing in the world for me, and someday I may need to even when I'm not out on an SES crew, and boy won't I be glad then that I know how.