So, the whole bit in yesterday's post where Meres shows up? COMPLETELY UNPLANNED. She walked into the gallery, started looking at pictures (content which I shamelessly snagged from the YWP's Dare Machine), and then... and then. It was terrifying and wonderful and really hard to write, actually, that photo of Meres formed in my mind and I just... I had to keep pausing while writing, which is a little unusual with a scene that intense, normally I'll just blast right through it. But my heart was breaking and I had to keep stepping away to breathe.
This is the miracle of NaNoWriMo. <3
Today was the NaNoThon - combination fundraising/wordcount-boosting day. Most years, this has gone largely uncelebrated by me, but there was soooo much going on via Twitter all day that it actually kinda felt like a holiday to me. I really felt like I was write-in with the whole internet all day, it was absolutely lovely. (Also, I was smart, and took a notebook over to the beach to sit and write somewhere else for awhile. Got a day's worth done there!) I've been writing on and off since finishing work today, and it's been awesome to spend such a good chunk of time in the world of the novel.
Oddly, I've been writing scenes out of order a lot this year. The (upcoming) scene with Mary was written before the one with Anna, simply because it popped into my head more clearly first.
Half of the things that went down (and most of the metaphors/similes!) in the scene with Anna were inspired by random flashcard word-prompts from a brief livestream by the NaNo folks. A bit of random input always works well for me.
Head's up, today's chunk IS A DOOZY. My goal was to write 3334 (twice the normal daily allotment), and I'm currently a bit over. Not posting yet because I may add some more to it before the day's out, just because. I have my pirate hat on and busted out some typing-mitts, so it has been a wordcount-beefing kind of day.
Plus I love scenes with Mary. She cracks me up. <3
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