Word Count: 8046
I’m trying to get ahead of myself because I go back to work next week and snippets of writing time will have to be grabbed whenever possible.
The story is still flowing, though new characters and situations introduce themselves frequently. Until I started writing seriously I never believed those people who insisted that characters would go their own way. How could they? They’re in my head, they’ll behave how I want them to.
How wrong, how very wrong….
Word count: 5761 – a little over 10%.
Sounds impressive, but there’s a moment of panic. I don’t want to be running out of plot before I reach the finish line, so I quickly check over the storyline to make sure I’m not getting ahead of myself.
I’ve written a lot of much shorter pieces that really gobble up plot lines – this huge daily word count requires a completely different discipline. Rather than just galloping along, I have to slow down, stopping sometimes to look around, check out the scenery and interpret what I see from my characters’ perspectives. I’ve given them lives; I want to see them in their environment.
Maggie Cammiss 