So far, this is sometimes all I feel like I have. Except most of the pieces aren't even put together yet.

So I'm sticking to the daily grind. Climb the scaffold of words, place appropriate beams and thoughts, place foundational pieces ... build .... build ... build.

Eventually, I'll get there. Eventually people will be able to traverse this edifice I've spent so long putting together. And hopefully, they'll enjoy their time spent and the views I've provided them with that weren't there before me and my book.

That's the goal anyway. After last night, I'm a few pages closer. Praying for even more progress tonight!

Picking up again ...

It's a precarious process, this building of a book. And sometimes you just have to get back to the basics.

Right now I've just gone through an extended phase of refocusing on what I want the final product to look like and taking an honest look at the content I've already written to determine which scenes are solid and can be used as building blocks and which ones need to be recycled.

This phase is a frustrating one because I feel like I find myself facing it again and again--too often! But this time most of my content survived the discard inspection and I was able to restructure it in a way that has me encouraged and eager to move on. Finally!

Time to add lots more levels to what I'm confident is a strong enough foundation to support the MANY stories I'm planning to build!