tiger_fodder

The novel writing continues. I am up to 16,000 words and have come to about half the story. I know I have a lot to fill in later, so I am feeling better. I have a rough idea of the end but as I write I realize that the end needs to have some sort of meaning, so I am struggling with that. This was to be a straight up story about a young boy growing up in two different worlds, but I now I am adding some elements of my own very different spiritual experiences which is making it hard to explain. I feel like I am channeling Paolo Coelho.

While I have tried to stay away from SG, I have not really done that. I am still getting a lot of writing done each night and early in the mornings. I hate it that I am actually using some of my usual meditation time for writing. I keep thinking that I will make it up in December. The writing has also made me so very emotional. For instance, last night I killed one of the characters. I knew this was going to happen, but it was still hard. The closer I got the actual moment, the more I went to the back and added some items under the guise of adding to the word count. Just before I went to bed I decided that I should just do it. I did not sleep well. Perhaps, I should have waited until this morning.

I have posted another excerpt of the novel in the works here, in my friends thread called Drama.

Nothing new to report on the Acacia front. She continues to have small ups and small downs. I am glad each day when I do not get a bad e-mail from her mom.

I must thank kekelyn and Lusyd for their continous help with my writing and my lovely sister Tinyhobo for her daily inspiration.

Namaste!

EDIT: NaNoWriMo Stats as of Nov.08.07 at 10:30 PM 18,008/50,000