On Wednesday, I did not get to write because I was substitute teaching. I pretended to be an art teacher, so I got paid to sit at a desk knitting and watching kids draw pictures. Not too terrible a thing to get paid to do! On Thursday, I was a bum. I felt down and did not choose to do much about it. I had to make some phone calls to try to keep our finances straight, and worrying about that (among other things) kept me from doing my writing. So today I am going to work on getting back into the groove of things. Wednesday evening, I also learned that a friend I grew up with died in a car crash - he was a little less than a year older than I am. That sort of thing is staggering to hear. It makes you step back and wonder if you are using the precious time you have in your life as well as you could. I know I did not do as well with that on Wednesday. Maybe I was busy trying to process things. I don't know. I do know that I want to get a full day's writing done today. I want to reach my goal of 2,500 words today. meeting that goal will put me over 77,000 words total on the rough draft. I am plugging away at this piece even with all the interruptions and distractions life is throwing at me.
Okay, I have finished writing for the day, or at least accomplished my goal for the day. I am up to 77,664 words on the rough draft. It is interesting when you get closer to the end of the novel; it is a major change in your line of thought. Instead of coming up with plot twists to throw in there, you have to start to think about how you will weave all of those twists together into a satisfying ending. I am getting closer to the end now, but I still have a while to go. I am also starting to think about the sequels J and I have envisioned. I need to make sure I have an idea of what I need to be setting up for the next novel. This will be a major project when all is said and done. I am having fun with it, though, and feeling like I am accomplishing more with it than I have with anything in a long time.
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