In the Throes of Process

Today I began writing. This is a milestone not because words were produced but because I smiled afterwards. Here are my thoughts today:

1) I must establish tone.

2) I will force myself to make the first pass through a continuous chunk (not sure how big it will be yet) about story and tone and leave pacing for a revision.

3) I have a sense of theme but that is not enough. I need to figure out what themes are going to work together and how. I know what I want to say but what is my vocabulary for doing so?

This is a mysterious enterprise, but I am excited to be underway.