The past two weeks have been surprisingly robust and full of amazing activities. I’m still holding on to my steady progress with NaNoWriMo and really beginning to feel like my characters are gaining solidarity.
I’m embarrassed to admit I managed to accidentally write myself into one of my characters. I’ve heard of writers drawing on their own experiences or personality in the creation of stories, but this was a first for me. As soon as I had realized what was happening, my knee-jerk was to kill her off and get her the heck out of my story. For the moment, however, she remains unscathed, as I couldn’t quite figure out how to introduce her in one scene only to kill her off in the next.
Had a fabulous weekend hanging out with my bestie, Em and her boyfriend. It was my first time meeting Captain John and as it turns out, I’m already rather fond of him.
We spent the weekend traipsing about St. Augustine, chilling at the beach, watching the FSU game and heading up to Jacksonville to catch some grub at Einstein Bros. Bagels and a movie (Cirque de Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant). Wasn’t expecting the movie to be part of a series, so the ending kind of left me feeling cheated, but I’ve resolved to hunt down the books to chase down that ever-elusive happy ending.
Still bumbling my way through a battle scene in my writing, and I’ve managed to somehow injure my leading character. Bollocks. Ah well, I’m sure he’ll manage to move around (if gingerly) for the next few writing sessions while I resolve what to do with my errant lady character. Wish me luck!
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