Progress: Day 26
Word Count: 47,903
Written Today: 4,321 (awesome)
Okay, I know it's November 26 and not December 1, but I couldn't actually continue this storyline without rewriting a little bit. I kept all the old stuff (and in fact broke some of it by stealing a few paragraphs here and there) for my word count but Dylan hasn't been written in for so long (almost 3 weeks!) because I had a really strong first week, but then his story morphed into something other than what it was as Andy's storyline continued after work. I kept trying to force it, to keep going with the new idea but there was really no way to integrate it into what it was before.
So instead, today, I opened up Microsoft Word and started writing on page 16 of 31 (at the time) and just... rewrote a lot of what happens in Dylan's storyline. I am much MUCH happier with it now, and I didn't repeat a ton of paragraphs (mostly thoughts, if they applied to the new circumstances) so I way way boosted my word count :)
I'm probably about halfway through Dylan's storyline now again but I'm on a way better track than before. Luke's is almost done, I'll just need two more full weekends day of writing to finish his (so I've finished all I can do in November!); Andy can't really continue without another booster pack from Dylan's, but I think he only needs about one or two more chapters and then that will be fully completed. Hopefully I can get those out some evenings this week!
Though I'm not positive I'll do anything with this (even though I have a lot of plans for it :p) my ONLY two goals for this year were to 'win' and to 'finish.' I think that is generally what most people's goals are, but I didn't expect I'd be writing 'quality' fiction, and I don't expect myself to edit later.
Anyway, I'm 2k from finishing so I'm sure I'll get that out tomorrow... Maybe later today if I think of something else to write! My goal today was to get out of the negative (make up that word count I lost from validating) and also continue until I was where I was before this morning: in the middle of a conversation between Dylan and Ricky, just before they part and Dylan starts to notice the changes he has made in his life by lying. :)
Who's writing/continuing in December?