Today in class we had a BDS for 20 minutes with a comfort break at the 10 minute mark. I began by revisiting my outline and then went on to prose writing. At one moment, I had forgotten where I was going next with my short story, so I referred back to my outline and had my "aha" moment and carried on with writing the story.
When the timer sounded, I was in mid-sentence again today. I summoned the will power to not finish the sentence and thus saved the document and closed it. I thought it would be a lot harder to not finish a sentence, but it's getting surprisingly easier with each chance I get. I'm almost now hoping that every BDS will end in mid-sentence. Boice is right, it does help, because when you go to write again, the motivation to continue is still there.
I feel that I'm making progress with my story. According to my outline, I've completed the "beginning" part and have moved on to the "middle" of the story. This is exciting! It's not the best thing I've written, but I'm happy with the product because I'm enjoying it, and to me, that's all that matters for this project in particular.
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