The NaNoWriMo, I mean. I've been kind of sick the past two days. I slept through most of Thanksgiving. Fortunately we had already planned a quiet dinner at home, so my being sick didn't affect anyone's holiday outside of mine and my husband's.
But I didn't get anything written yesterday. And I want to finish. Or die trying. So today, in between naps, I wrote 3000 words. And they suck. I tried changing POV to another character, but that's not really working. I haven't thought enough about her to make her sound any different from the MC most of the time. So I switched back. Thank goodness no one is going to read this draft!
So now, I have to write at least 2107 words a day for the next three days. Two weeks ago that would have been a lot easier. I'm running out of scenes in my head. The editor in me wants to go back and flesh out scenes that already exist, but I'm not sure I can rack up the word count that way. My ten year old MC has a love interest, so there's some potential there, but have you ever had a conversation with a ten year old boy? They don't say much.
All right, I'm done venting. Just wanted to leave a progress report. Anyone else care to share how they're doing on this last weekend of NaNoWriMo?
3 comments:
Oh Michelle!
I'm sorry you've been feeling so poorly. But you can do it, I'm sure. Besides, you're still 5,000 words ahead of me.
Get better!
Ugh, I feel your pain. Ten year olds don't say much...especially about girls. Could he talk to a buddy about her?
Thanks, ladies. Amy, I'm afraid it's in her POV, so unless she overhears the conversation...
But I'm in my NaNo t-shirt, my butt is in the chair, and I'm raring to go this morning.
Sarah, I know you've done marathon bursts before. You can finish too!
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