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Let me tell you how my work day went. I typed a few sentences. Then I went on the internet and looked up: dog training, gardening, news. I typed a few more sentences, maybe a paragraph. Then I went on the internet again. I read news stories I normally would have skipped. I typed a page. I was tired of all my music. None of it fit the mood. I finally found something I thought I wanted. Listened to it while I typed a few more sentences. No that music wasn’t right. Change songs. Type a sentence or two. No, that song wasn’t right either. Change entire disc. Sit back down, type a little more. No that disc sucked, too. It just wasn’t the right mood. Change disc. Type some more. Change disc. Type some more. Rummage through entire house seeking the CD that I’m sure will be the right mood for this scene, but of course I’ve chosen a CD that has gone AWOL. Spend fruitless time searching for disc. Give up, get back to work. Think of a new disc that will help me through this scene. That disc is also among the missing. Finally, give up on both discs, and settle down to the pile of discs I’ve dragged from all corners of the house. None of it makes me happy. Nothing was going to make me happy today. I finally embraced that and just played some music, any music, and let myself change the music when it got too irritating which was frequently. But at the end of the day, I have ten pages, and the deed is done. The death is a done deal, and that character is no more. I could only write the scene in snatches, but when I finally acknowledged late in the day what was wrong, and why I was doing this restless maniac search for music, things sped up. I can’t say I enjoyed the day’s work, but the scene works, and it’s done. I don’t have to face it tomorrow. Tomorrow is talking to the police and setting up the warrants of execution being executed. I’m okay with that. Must kill more bad guys.