On the NaNoWriMo front, I think I’m going to have to kiss this idea goodbye. I dillied and dallied all weekend on other things, then buckled down today and wrote another 5,000 words, bringing me over the 15,000 word mark. Which means I have to write 35,000 words in five days<\/i>. It might be doable, but one of those days is Thanksgiving, and at least two of them are going to be booked with travelling back and forth to Ohio. Fark. I may simply resign myself to being happy with finishing it by my birthday, which adds another six days to the mix.<\/p>\n
More disturbing is the nature of the words being written. I’d sworn to myself that I was going to try and keep the number of characters in this one low, but I’m already up to nine more-or-less distinct characters: there’s the two Holmes-and-Watson, Mulder-and-Scully main characters, the catalyst\/love interest daughter, the daughter’s father, the two might-be-bad-guys, two friends-of-the-main-characters-called-in-for-help, and this other guy that just showed up out of nowhere. It’s the last guy that’s got me reassured about the vitality of the project – when the story not only tells itself but invites people you hadn’t even intended to be involved into the fray, that’s a good sign.<\/p>\n
Damn, I need to update the project site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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