Day 13

Past the halfway point today, which is both pleasing and something of a relief, since it means I’m around the daily average I wanted to be. Even a little faster would be okay by me, since I really don’t want to be writing to catch up to 50K on the 30th.

Tonight, the story took an unexpected turn. That’s happened quite a bit this month, which is partly to do with the intensity of the effort, but is also just inherent to the writing process. These characters begin to take on a life of their own.

Had the bittersweet pleasure earlier of needing to stop writing to get ready for cards night. I was in the middle of one of a character’s most important emotional and plot moments and really wanted to find out what happens next. :)

  • Days: 13
  • Days Left: 17
  • New Words: 2484
  • Total Words: 26693
  • Cooking: Leftovers.
  • Fluids: Coffee, Diet Dr Pepper.
  • Exercise: Nonexistent today.
  • Reading: Rules booklet for “Phase 10,” a complicated game we were introduced to at our cards night.
  • Listening: Dead Kennedys
  • Obsessing on: Los Santos. Again. Have successfully resisted the urge to play so far.