went to a Caribou Coffee because i wasn't feelin' it at home and typed enough words for two days. Good to have a buffer for when the words aren't flowing quite as much. It also set up a good platform from which to launch a good chunk of the novel. The beginning should flow fairly well from here, even though most of it is likely terrible.

I'd post a link to what i've written so far but it has swears in it because im a naughty girl. idk i guess i could ask a staff member if it's okay if i say it has swears in it and warn people but PROBABLY NOT. that seems like a bad thing for staff to authorize. but maybe people can PM me for a link? Would that be okay? idk i guess its a little premature to ask people to read it and give suggestions but idk im happy to actually get off the ground somewhat

so yeah day 1 went well. hopefully i can keep these good vibes going and maybe i'll have a first draft done this year.

oh yeah here's the synopsis i typed up in like two minutes:

"A spaceship of humans looking for a new Earth crashland on the desert planet of Boulle 1722. After the captain is exiled to live in the desert, the crew is caught in between a vicious civil war between the two tribes of creatures that fight over the scarce resources of their planet. With their ship wrecked, the humans must decide how they spend their time on this planet, and in the process end up uncovering the secret of the planet's past."