So I broke through the 25K barrier. Huzzah!
I didn’t write as much as I could have, but I got a late start tonight, nothing earlier in the day, and it’s been a bitch of a day, and I got my 1700+ words, so back off, man.
I am nowhere near half-way through the actual story, which I suppose is a good thing. That said, we’re reaching the end of the most recent stretch I’ve outlined beyond the Big Roman Numerals, so I need to think of where my protagonist’s tale will take him next. Though I have at least one more day’s worth of the current chapter to take me, as there’s a scene I’m aiming toward, even if it’s taking me multiple days to get there.
Action sequences this evening, though, as usual, I am less than satisfied. The witty dialog is almost certainly overdone, but that’s okay — it’s the clumsy blocking and difficulty in making things flow as well as they do in my mind that has me most irked.
There are some odd things that happen in today’s scene that may not make sense, but will in the long run when All Is Revealed. Alas, the problem with it being a rough draft and poorly done in too many places is that the “odd things” as likely come across as “yet another place where Dave’s dropped the ball.” Ah, well.
I’m still trying out the “empathy metaphored as smells” thing. It makes sense, but it’s not working as well as I’d like. That’s why it’s a first draft.
Fun times ahead.
Katherine, alas, did not get to any writing tonight, again. Various homework crises, plus a need to do cleaning before the cleaning people arrive tomorrow. I plan on not letting that stop us tomorrow, and she definitely wants to continue, so if it doesn’t happen, it’s my responsibility. She was head on word count, and still, in total, is, but it’s the habit of writing nightly that I want her to keep up with.
And she still broke half-way before I did.