40,000 words – and rolling

Didn’t start writing until 5pm today. Was putting it off. But then I got going and the words just started flowing; 2655 words so far. And there may be more to come later today.

Turning up the unexpected - the Joker in the packSomething unexpected happened in the plot. It wasn’t planned. It just happened. And it provides a nice linkage to what comes next in the storyline.

So, my word of the day is: serendipity, the propensity for making fortunate discoveries while looking for something unrelated.

Hmm, writer’s block

Difficult day today. Only written 800 words and they aren’t moving the story on. I have got to a certain, dramatic point and now need something else, dramatic, to happen. Realistically, a few days need to pass within the story. So I need to find a way to transition between now and then. But, before I do, a few other things need to get wrapped up first.

Well, if this was easy, we would all be writing novels all the time, wouldn’t we?