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+450, 33675

Not bad for less than half an hour! I'd keep writing, but Ben's home, so it's dinner time.

+405, 33225.

I could possibly write some more, but I'm not sure whose POV the next scene is going to be in.

+900, 32820.

Slowly but surely.

+585, 31445.

Now it's time for a nap. I was beset with a Sudden Headache earlier, and the Advil + Sudafed cocktail worked, but I could still use a nap.

Current Mood: busy

+540, 30860.

Now that the exam is over and I've reached some form of normalcy again, I have time to write. Just in time to go off to another con, of course.

Current Mood: busy

+680, 30320.

I have 1/3 of a novel. In 2/3 of my outline.

+830, 29640.

+480, 28810.

Current Music: TS Andrea

+60 (yesterday), +575 (today). 28,330.

I've reached the point in the plot where I'd normally just write around a lot until I figured out what needs to happen. But I have to figure out the things that lead up to that first. (And this is WITH an outline!)

+985, 27665.

+980, 26,680

Still avoiding having to write scenes involving politics and spy agency contacts.

+255, 25700.

I've reached the part of the novel where I had a lot of handwaving in the outline and "some stuff happens." I guess I should figure that out...

+360, 25445.

Finished the scene I started yesterday, and I'm going to go finish sewing a thing I started this morning. I took 15 mcg of T3 today, and I feel SO much better.

+1020, 25085.

90k for this may be optimistic. 75k may be as much as I can get. We'll see what it looks like once I've gotten to the end then gone back to put in some scenes where holes are, and then given it a revision pass (where the details usually are added).

+1000, 24065.

Today's early productivity brought to you by the Cup-a-Joe on King St.

+1015, 23065.

Apparently, getting characters to talk about their backstory and have emotions at each other means I get words done. Not finished this scene yet, but I need to get away from the computer.

+850, 22050

Mishap of the day: Realizing that a character didn't know a particular thing before, so he couldn't think about said thing at a time when he did. So I had to cut it out.

+860, 21200.

+930, 20340.

I'm going to have to find a lot of new scenes to make this a novel. :/

+890, 19410

Fun, fun.

Monday: +15

Today: +625, 18520.

My writing group liked the Thanksgiving scene and thought I set up the local color very well. The German guy's reaction to green bean casserole got laughs. (green beans + cream of mushroom soup + those little fried onion things from a can -> oven. It's SO 1950s traditional, and I haven't eaten it in years because Ben hates green beans.)

+510, 17120.

Early again, because there's football at noon, and I'm seeing Iron Man at 4:15.

+720, 16610

Early words today because I need to take Ben to the airport and get cat food.

+585, 14255.

This is going to be a novella. It needs to be a novel!

+615, 15670.

Current Mood: sleepy

+1025, 15055 total.

I am going to need to pad this thing like whoa.

+660, 14030.

Less like pulling teeth, but I know I'm going to have to expand a lot of things later. (Not just in this scene, either.)

+225, 13370

Like pulling teeth today.

+520, 13540.

I decided that the scene I was going to put after yesterday's scene should be *before* it, so I had to rework parts of yesterday's scene. Fun.

(Also fun: the ridiculous wind gusts and strong sustained winds, and the tornado warning that just ended and watch that goes until 9 pm.)