Been pecking at this the last few days with minimal forward motion, which is ironic since I’m in the section where I need to go backwards to progress. Yep – flashback time!  The way I’m structuring it right now is a section in the present, a flashback, and the result of the first portion combined with the motivation from the flashback. Every time I type the separation asterisks, I hear the flashback noise from Lost.

I remember reading once that flashbacks were tricky things to write simply because people could get lost in the transition, so I do everything I can to make it clear that there is a scene break followed by information that makes the transition clear without being jarring. Yep, I’ll admit – tricky. 

Word count increased to over 17k. Two days of writing coming up soon; need to cross 30k by Thursday to get back to goal. Ugh.