SummerWrite novel archive
This is an archive post for my SummerWrite novel. SummerWrite is a challenge to write 150,000 words in 4 months (May 1 - August 31). My story is currently un-named. This page is a work in progress
Table of Contents
Word Count
Excerpts
Characters
Inspiration
Word Count
May 1= 1,656
May 2= 688
May 3= 720
May 4= 1037
May 5= 0
May 6= 473
May 7 - May 13= 0
May 14= 2205
May 15= 2395 (best count so far!)
May 16= 0
May 17= 421
May 18= 0
May 19= 0
May 20= 0
May 21= 909
Excerpts
Shivering, Jenna turned on her side and squeezed her eyes tight, as though that would block out the creepy feelings. She just couldn’t stop imagining what it would be like to be in those woods at that time of night. The trees creaking, as though alive. Eyes peering out in the dark, in a very Snow White-esque manner. And a whisper. Why was there...
a whisper. She could feel its breath on her neck, warm and solid. It was so different from the rest of the wood which was cold and fragile as though the whole scene would break into tiny little pieces if she so much as breathed too hard. Why was there...
a hand. It curled around her shoulder, the warmth just as solid as its breath.
"Say something," she whispered to the shadow behind her shoulder. "Please,"
It wouldn’t answer. It kept its grip on her. Why was there...
a pair of lips, on her ear. She just wished she could know what it wanted to say. Why was there...
Sunlight. Jenna winced as she felt the intrusion of it under her eyelids. She groaned, rolled over, and peeled her eyes open. Amelia stood in front of the now open windows, arms stretched out as though welcoming the world.
"Whatimesit?" Jenna mumbled.
"Sorry, dear, I didn’t catch that."
"What time is it?" Jenna said enunciating each word.
"Seven," Jenna groaned and pulled the covers back over her head. Why was Amelia waking her up at the ungodly hour of seven o’clock on one of her first summer mornings?
Characters
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Jenna More
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Adam
Jillian More
Amelia (Amy)
Character/Situation Soundtracks
SongCharacter/SituationNo One by Aly & AJ
----Jenna
----Ocean Avenue by Yellowcard
----Adam/Jenna
----One Year, Six Months by Yellowcard
----Adam - thinking about Jenna
----Over by Sugarcult
----When Adam's had enough
----Overthinking by Relient K
----Adam thinking about Jenna
----Into The Rush by Aly & AJ
----Jenna's visions
----The entire Linkin Park "Minutes to Midnight" cdmy novel :)
Inspiration
Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield
I am unwritten, can't read my mind, I'm undefined
I'm just beginning, the pen's in my hand, ending unplanned
Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find
Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten
Quotes:
"Write what you like, there is no other rule."
--O. Henry--
"Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing."
--Benjamin Franklin--
"I write 2,000 words a day when I write. It sometimes takes three hours, it sometimes takes five hours."
--Nicholas Sparks--
"For me, writing is like being gay. You finally admit that this is who you are, you come out and hope that no one runs away."
--Mark Haddon--
"Don't say the old lady screamed. Bring her on and let her scream."
--Mark Twain--
Do I dare disturb the universe?