NaNoWriMo 2009 Day 22

[ladyseishou]

Day 22 - 8 days remaining

Why write?

The best thing about writing fiction is that moment where the story catches fire and comes to life on the page, and suddenly it all makes sense and you know what it's about and why you're doing it and what these people are saying and doing, and you get to feel like both the creator and the audience. Everything is suddenly both obvious and surprising ("but of course that's why he was doing that, and that means that...") and it's magic and wonderful and strange.

You don't live there always when you write. Mostly it's a long hard walk. Sometimes it's a trudge through fog and you're scared you've lost your way and can't remember why you set out in the first place.

But sometimes you fly, and that pays for everything.

- Neil Gaiman



Was today a long hard walk, Nano Writer or was it a day for flying?

Today's quotation was submitted by Nano Writer elleth (thanks!)

Today was a little foggy for me, spending some of the day sketching out some ideas for my climatic scene and the death of one of my characters. But tomorrow should be clear skies (I hope).

Today's word count is 36,667. How was today's writing? Excerpts, questions, comments? Remember everything's good! Keep writing!

Comments

[withorwithoutyou]

*grin* Today was an awesome day. About a half hour ago, just before midnight, I hit 50,000 words, so right now I'm on a total high, plus I had a 6k weekend, which is always encouraging. There's flailing and a lot of chocolate involved ^.^

The story isn't finished, I've got several more scenes in mind, so I'm just going to keep going.
I don't know if you can get used to NaNo or what, but I feel like things have gone even better this time than they did last year. I'm sure it definitely helps that I have a set end scene in mind this time, where last year I was pretty much just wandering about and seeing where I'd end up, lol. Either way, it's all good. I'm really happy.

Knowing that I'd hit 50k today's had me smiling all day, so I treated myself to a lovely new hardcover notebook, and now my reward is... to open it up and start writing again?
Oh dear. I fear NaNo really is doing things to me. :D