Video of a Novel: Day 64

The problem with planning it out...

"So, why the index cards, on that date? In a word: underconfidence. We prepare those cards and bring them along and keep awkwardly consulting them when we should be looking deeply into our date's eyes because we don't believe that, devoid of a plan, we have enough to offer. Our whole artistic journey might be understood as the process of convincing ourselves that we do, in fact, have enough, figuring out what that is, then refining it." George Saunders, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain

Today I'm talking about the problem of planning things out, and why the words began to really flow in this first draft yesterday.