6/28: building speed

For many years I've had the luxury of being able to be a slow writer--I arrange my obligations so that I have enough time to write very deliberately and very carefully.  This summer I have to be deliberate and careful but in a compressed time frame.  It's good exercise to stretch myself this way, and it's confidence-inspiring to realize that I can put more words together in a day (and still in a cogent way) than I would have imagined.