1,200 words so far. Difficult scene, for all the reasons. Mama hears daughter cry out and finds boyfriend with hands on daughter. Mama ain't happy. Problem is daughter is human and Mama is a wolf that's—in the vernacular of David Brin—uplifted and intelligent. Scene needed to be frightening as well as Indelicate and maybe somewhat squick. Will need tuning. Continuing...
Well, I added 2,100 words in the end, getting over the squick parts. Other than some displacement activity, one that included getting up and making myself an Aperol Spritz, the words came out easy.
I've just read it. I think I nailed it, too.
Why was I so apprehensive? Basically, I took my advice and wrote it, telling myself it wasn't history because I'd written down, that I could change anything, that I could revise it later—telling my not to think about the stupidity of what was being written down but what the character was going do after hearing, seeing, or doing that.
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