1. 4/5/26 I DID IT!!! I WROTE nearly 1000 excellent words for my Berggruen story!!! I think God is giving me confidence because I foresee an honorable mention, at least. 1. I’m so excited for my future! The Berggruen gamble is looking great especially since I’ve googled what the Second Axial Age entails. I have a hunch my story might even go viral in not only philosophical circles but also a lot of other pop culture simply because it’s so groundbreaking—God’s ideas. 2. 4/6/26: I have 5,210 words to budget!!! WOWZA!! A REAL COMPRESSION CHALLENGE. I need to figure out texture and weight and priority and economy. God, this is so exciting! 1. So now I really got myself in a tizzy. It’s 6,966 words in my Notion, which means I have 3,134 words left to really smoothen it out. I wonder what I could cut and budget at this point. Seems logical to average it out over the parts that I have to include. Like 8 major chunks or scenes and the information I must include must be chunked within those 8 which averages to about 391 words each. 2. Because of my work today, I realized Norr Weston is a Holy Spirit-type. Explains why she wants to be a Father-Mother type. Fits with my desire to be…sexy. 3. WOO RED LETTER DAY ON APRIL 6!!! BECAUSE OF MY PRAYERS FOR A LOVE SIGN!!!! 4. 4/6/26: So now I have 7,700 words which leaves 2,300 to budget. I can shave off a possible 700 with my best compression methods, so that’s 3000. 3. 4/8/26 So I managed to shave off a bit and now I have 2,478 to ration for about 4 major POVs. 4. 4/10/26 So there’s 2,222 words left to ration. 5. 4/11/26 So there’s 1,696 words left to ration. That’s three-ish chunks. I can do this. 6. 4/12/26 So there’s 1309 words left to ration. 7. 4/13/26 I FINISHED IT!!!! IT’S EXACTLY 10,000 words now!!!! GOD IS FUCKING AMAZING!!!!! I’M FLOORED AND DID NOT EXPECT I’D COMPLETE IT TODAY!!!!