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This new project, the one I'm sort of working on in the sly, is driving me crazy. I don't know the opening scene. I know all kinds of other things, all kinds of other stuff that happens in the story, but not the darn opening scene. It's like pushing a boulder up hill and then letting roll down the other side. I know what kicks off the action in the story, but I can't figure out what gets us to that point. I'm actually contemplating something rather radical....not starting with the first page. I want to write this thing so badly that I'm thinking about just writing what I know so far. Out of order and everything! The sad/ironic/funny part is that I've often advised people to do the just this same exact thing. But I'm finding it hard to put my own advice in practice. I've always been a "start at the beginning" kind of writer. That's the rigid, detail-obsessed part of me showing through!

The funny thing is I bet writing out of order would keep me from worrying too much about the quality of the draft. I mean, how can you obsess over making something perfect when you know that you're writing things out of order, scenes that aren't even connected to one another?

I don't know. It might be a little too radical for me. I'll have to think about it some more. Maybe try it and see if it works for me. The whole problem would be solved if *someone* would just speak up and how it all starts. But that's not happening...which means I'm probably doing something wrong. *Sigh* Oh, well, it will work itself out eventually.

Talk to you tomorrow.