Yesterday I was happy; today I am not.

My word count is looking very healthy. I broke 45,000 words this morning, helped by a very productive write-in last night which led to a 4,000 word day.

Today is not going to be a 4,000 word day. I wrote 999 words this morning, and then I ground to a halt. Part of it is I am looking at needing another 4,500 words to make word count for the novel, but I have maybe - if I spin it out - 1,000 words left of my plot. Actually, I have just started the last scene. I've already put in too much filler between the blood bath where most of my characters died and now, the final scene, the show down between good and evil (or at least between evil and less evil).

So I will probably finish the story today (I have some writing time this evening) but will still need a few thousand words more to make 50k.

Gah.

Well, it's not as if there are no holes to go back and fill in. It's just not very interesting. The story will be done, and going back to patch up holes then rather than during the edit seems... wrong.

I suppose I could patch holes and then come back to the climactic scene. In fact, I think that is what I shall do since I really would like to finish the experience by writing "THE END" in big bold centred letters. If I could achieve the blinking flashing effect from Missile Command that would be nice, but I will stick to just the words.

Good. I feel better already.

I think I am going to miss writing this novel. It's been fun.

Posted by Dunx at November 19, 2004 08:56 AM