Day 2: Word count ~ 1928, and a new character subplot

So I procrastinated again today, but I had a good reason to. Serious!

I have been busy looking for part time work to keep me going financially so that I can save it for something good... such as... well... publishing, maybe? See, told you it was a good reason :)

But I'm still proud. I've clocked in 1928 words today in the last hour. My imagination was on a roll and I didn't even re-read what I had written down yesterday. The most awesome thing is that apart from going past the average word count today, the protagonist of Dreamwalker has just thrown a surprise out of nowhere and made herself quite interesting.

Mira, the character, had started off as a professional working woman, very much the straight up and down 'boss' kind of lady who likes simple lines and bare offices. Anything slightly out of place is a strict no-no. So it's interesting that I've just found out that she is divorced. And not only that, she divorced a man that was very similar to who she is now. And even better, it's almost like the reason she is the way she is, is like a mourning to her lost love, even though she hates him for everything he put her through. Is that not demented? I'm absolutely thrilled with the psychology of it, and hoping that the other characters start to develop some sort of depth and layering. Can't stand a 2D character.

So I'm excited about getting back into writing tomorrow. Can't wait to see what new storyline develops :)

Day 1: Made it a little past the mark

So I got to 1716 words. Not a bad start. Took me all of 2 hrs but that also includes South Park and Sex & The City time... imagine when I have no distraction.

My novel has started off as a tale about dreams and nightmares. I really want to make it an artistic piece of writing, something that is written in the vein of the subject and not just ABOUT the subject. I've given it the working title of Dreamwalker, which is a person who consciously connects into and can work in other people's dreams. Similar to the concept of the movie Inception, which I haven't seen yet but I have heard great things about. I'm planning on taking a different route to Christopher Nolan's interpretation of the dreamwalker, but it might be nice to rent it out when I finish Nanowrimo as a "YAY I've finished" gift to me :)

The hardest thing about today has been to switch off from the world. I love checking my Facebook and having the TV on in the background - I find it soothing and yet so distracting as well. But once I got my tea sorted, it was like being on moderately easy street.

The other hard thing is switching off from re-reading what I've written. When I re-read, I tend to edit, and this stops me usually from finishing anything I start. Hopefully it's one of those habits that stops once you admit it to yourself. 

Tomorrow I have the day off, so I'll probably be able to get quite a lot of writing done. Chances are that soon I will feel the urge to do a prelim edit, so I need to figure out what I can do to curb that craving. Maybe a nice walk down near the river. Or chocolate. I definitely will need to figure something out.