It’s all happening

My story isn’t progressing that quickly, but I have a gay encounter, a spurned seductress, a broken nose, and shady family history.  I do have a rough idead of where I want the story to go, but it is getting it there that will be the challenge.

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Caught up

I am ahead of schedule after falling a little behind. I was on a roll last night, and probably could have squeezed out a few more paragraphs, but I was on the laptop, and my legs were getting too warm.  I’m resisting the temptation to sneak in a few hundred words at work this year, however I might do a little during lunch, which I feel is legitimate.

So what of the story.  So far I have been mainly writing character introductions.  Only for a coupe of the main characters so far.  The others might get more of a look in on the second draft.  Oooo ‘ark at ‘im with his second draft talk.  I have just started to sketch out some of the main locations too.  There are some places I really want to get in there, but the time isn’t right.  There’s also some scenarios I want, but am resisting using them too soon.  The story will have to play out.

Fortunately the fact that the characters are developing a life of their own has made it easier to work in some useful plot devices which are far better than I could have contrived without their help.  I’m glad these guys don’t have DNA as the possibility they might get cloned is far too disturbing to contemplate.

Well, in the words of the overused phrase, Onwards and Upwards.

It is happening already

It’s early days, but already my story is wriggling, and twisting to get out of my control.  My glib ideas for my characters were not good enough for them, and they are moulding their own destinies. I still want to persue my original plot, but that might get a little more difficult as the writing goes on.  I’m ahead of the necessary daily word count to achieve the final goal, which is great as I was way behind yesterday.  I’ve stopped for the night as I need to sleep on how the story will unfold.  If I carry on writing this evening it will spiral right of of my grasp, and that might be just a little too much.

It has begun

I should be increasing my wordcount, but I wanted to announce I had started.  Nanowrimo is here again, and I nearly bottled it.  My wife Jane persuaded me to continue this year.  So with only the whisker of an idea I have started this year’s attempt at a short novel.  It starts with a dream sequence.  That’s all you need to know for now ;)