nanowrimo 2008: day 4
got a bunch done today, word-count wise. with the election and an election party in the works, i decided today was a 75% day. i spent more time playing with the spreadsheet of numbers than writing for the most part. i’m stuck in a chapter where lots of things need to happen, i feel the need to explain a bunch of stuff *and* i need time to pass quickly (my biggest weakness). i also want to make the chapter interesting (and less “this is the exposition). i also don’t want to focus on the main character so much that suddenly it’s just about her and the rest of the ensemble gets shoved so far into the background that i won’t be able to recover them.
the main character paused for a moment to reflect on something that happened, and i learned a bunch about her, the relationship she has with her coworker/ex-fiance. unfortunately she looked up at me and said “why am i going to get with this new guy, again? it seems like i really like the guy i just broke up with, still.” i realized that i was getting anxious about the election and transferring some of that to her, which was affecting how she felt. once i saw that, i was able to reign her back in. getting her from “i love him” to “it was for the best that we broke up, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t hurt,” took a bit of wording. good for blitzkrieg-ing through today’s word count. less for getting a bunch of stuff accomplished in the chapter.
i’ll have to worry about that tomorrow, i guess.
no post today, too much context and drivel.
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