I managed to cross the 7K mark earlier this week. I have 7022 words typed. I think I have a few hundred more hand-written. I’m taking a day off work today and plan to spend a few hours writing this afternoon (in between taking my cat in for surgery and trying to clean up the house which is a mess). I’d love to make the 10K mark by the end of the weekend, but I’d be happy with 8500. I’ll check back on Sunday to let you know.
I’m kind of stuck on a scene right now. I’m not sure how to wrap it up and move on. I had another scene like that already. I wasn’t quite sure what happened next. So I just typed in “SOMETHING MORE HAPPENS HERE,” skipped a line and continued writing the next scene. Looks like I may have to do that again. I feel I’ve spent too much time on this scene already and its not progressing the story. I needed to draw the other main character into it more, but I got caught up on the details of the setting (brutal crime scene). I made a note to go back later and add more of her in. I figure its better not to dwell on it now, as that will only trip me up further. I think I will just have to bend to the will of the writing gods and skip to the next scene, coming back later to fill in the final details. The anal-retentive control freak in me really wants to continue and to start edits, but so far, I’m doing well at keeping her locked away in the mental attic. I can hear her pounding on the door though…
Well, I have some dirty counter tops to attend to now. But first, I need to go wash these purple ink spots from my hands. Thanks for stopping by!
