more NaNo
Virtual word wars from 9 to 11pm tonight. Wrote 2651 words, bringing my total word count up to 8202. This makes me happy.
Wrote some unexpected stuff. My lack of a real plan for the story still included the idea that by the end of chapter one, Rory would be transported from Earth to that glade on Gemin where his adventure will begin; I'm having such a great time writing the details of his meeting, marrying and losing Cedar, and dropping hints about Cedar's past, that what was chapter one has expanded to chapter two, and I probably passed an obvious chapter break which would make some of this chapter three as well.
Keep in mind, for Rory, only about ten minutes have passed since the first sentence of chapter one. 8000-plus words later, he's still lost in thought in the living room as the thunderstorm, that life-changing thunderstorm like the one that brought Cedar to him (although he doesn't know that yet), moves closer to his farm-house. And it might be another good 2000 words before he departs Earth for an alien star system.
Thanks to the challenges in the virtual write-in tonight, I have managed to work in references to Doctor Indiana Jones and his modern day counterpart, Mister Gabriel Hunt. And I've worked in the phrase "whoomp, there it is," a confused coffee-shop guy, and tree-frogs. (Yes, for those who are keeping track, the same glass collectible tree frogs that appeared in last year's NaNo project, Christmas Ghosts. Same city, at least in the flashbacks Rory is having; Rory's future will take him far from the diner with the collectible frogs.)
A productive night, at least in NaNo terms. No book or tv reviews done up, and here it is midnight already!
Wrote some unexpected stuff. My lack of a real plan for the story still included the idea that by the end of chapter one, Rory would be transported from Earth to that glade on Gemin where his adventure will begin; I'm having such a great time writing the details of his meeting, marrying and losing Cedar, and dropping hints about Cedar's past, that what was chapter one has expanded to chapter two, and I probably passed an obvious chapter break which would make some of this chapter three as well.
Keep in mind, for Rory, only about ten minutes have passed since the first sentence of chapter one. 8000-plus words later, he's still lost in thought in the living room as the thunderstorm, that life-changing thunderstorm like the one that brought Cedar to him (although he doesn't know that yet), moves closer to his farm-house. And it might be another good 2000 words before he departs Earth for an alien star system.
Thanks to the challenges in the virtual write-in tonight, I have managed to work in references to Doctor Indiana Jones and his modern day counterpart, Mister Gabriel Hunt. And I've worked in the phrase "whoomp, there it is," a confused coffee-shop guy, and tree-frogs. (Yes, for those who are keeping track, the same glass collectible tree frogs that appeared in last year's NaNo project, Christmas Ghosts. Same city, at least in the flashbacks Rory is having; Rory's future will take him far from the diner with the collectible frogs.)
A productive night, at least in NaNo terms. No book or tv reviews done up, and here it is midnight already!