Slow day for noveling. But I feel my loyal readers deserve a little excerpt action. Bearing in mind this is in first draft form, I present to you the world’s first taste of Untitled Novel: “That is absolutely right,” I say. “Really?” She opens her eyes. “Sure.” “Ha,” she says. She doesn’t laugh; she says [...]
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8,000 words
Now I’ve got some momentum. I’ve gotten a lot of the exposition out of the way, so it’s on to the meat! Should be fairly smooth now, moving the plot along, lots of dialogue. I’m a genius at dialogue (Or, as my friend Troy would rightfully point out: Well, I’m a genius at writing dialogue). [...]
Striking Out
If you don’t know by now, you’ll soon figure it out: Hollywood writers are going on strike. I’m interested in this for a few reasons, none of them sensical, and not least of which is the temptation to join them–out of solidarity, of course–and call it quits on NaNoWriMo. First of all, this means that [...]
6,272 words
Well, that was a fairly abrupt jump in word count, wasn’t it? Want to know my secret? Cheating. I got to thinking about my character becoming more and more me, and I thought, who’s more like me than I am? And it turns out I’m a useful source of information about myself, in the form [...]