Nano - day 17
Project: Untitled Alternate World Novel
New Words: 5,126 (Two days worth of writing.)
Current Total Word Count: 25,131
Goal: 50,000+ words
Random Sentence(s): The children ran up the rows collecting the stones, laughing and shoving and pushing. It was a race and the children threw the stones into separate piles, which their father would count at the end of the day. To the child who had carried the most stones, the father would award a prize. Sometimes the prize was to be carried into the house on his shoulders for dinner. Sometimes the prize was an extra story when they went to sleep. Sometimes the prize was simply a kiss on the cheek, a pat on the head, and a well done. These were the only gifts he had to give them.
Notes: Passed the halfway mark! *joy*
Of course, that's halfway for Nano, not halfway for the novel itself. In fact, up until the 20,000 word point, I've only been dealing with the first three chapters, which I know will be much shorter in the final version. I've kind of been feeling stuck in those chapters. Part of it has been because the chapters have been especially long due to all the back story that's been slipping in as I figure out who exactly these people are and what exactly are the rules of the world in which they live.
But I'm past them now. There are still one or two more introductory kind of chapters to do. Writing from multiple points of view means getting to know each character and what they mean in this world. But these chapters should hopefully goes smoother. And beyond that I'm into other chapters that deal more with the progression of the plot, which is far more interesting than figuring out the whole back story thing. So, now I'm starting to get excited again.
I'm figuring this excitement will continue until I begin to reach those points where I'm not sure what's going to happen next. Hopefully, those answers will fill in as I work my way up to them.
The one worry that these long opening chapters give me is that this will probably mean that my draft zero will require a monsterous amount of writing before I call it done. I imagine it to be well over 100,000 words. But that's just my inital impression and who knows what will actually come about.
Oh, and I've discovered one major inconsistency in the "rules" of my world, but I've also fixed it as soon as I discovered it. So huge sigh of relief there.
New Words: 5,126 (Two days worth of writing.)
Current Total Word Count: 25,131
Goal: 50,000+ words
Random Sentence(s): The children ran up the rows collecting the stones, laughing and shoving and pushing. It was a race and the children threw the stones into separate piles, which their father would count at the end of the day. To the child who had carried the most stones, the father would award a prize. Sometimes the prize was to be carried into the house on his shoulders for dinner. Sometimes the prize was an extra story when they went to sleep. Sometimes the prize was simply a kiss on the cheek, a pat on the head, and a well done. These were the only gifts he had to give them.
Notes: Passed the halfway mark! *joy*
Of course, that's halfway for Nano, not halfway for the novel itself. In fact, up until the 20,000 word point, I've only been dealing with the first three chapters, which I know will be much shorter in the final version. I've kind of been feeling stuck in those chapters. Part of it has been because the chapters have been especially long due to all the back story that's been slipping in as I figure out who exactly these people are and what exactly are the rules of the world in which they live.
But I'm past them now. There are still one or two more introductory kind of chapters to do. Writing from multiple points of view means getting to know each character and what they mean in this world. But these chapters should hopefully goes smoother. And beyond that I'm into other chapters that deal more with the progression of the plot, which is far more interesting than figuring out the whole back story thing. So, now I'm starting to get excited again.
I'm figuring this excitement will continue until I begin to reach those points where I'm not sure what's going to happen next. Hopefully, those answers will fill in as I work my way up to them.
The one worry that these long opening chapters give me is that this will probably mean that my draft zero will require a monsterous amount of writing before I call it done. I imagine it to be well over 100,000 words. But that's just my inital impression and who knows what will actually come about.
Oh, and I've discovered one major inconsistency in the "rules" of my world, but I've also fixed it as soon as I discovered it. So huge sigh of relief there.