The words continue to flow and this week I reached 13,000 in my work in progress. I was shocked when I saw the count because it didn’t feel like it at all. I think that’s because this time, I’m not fighting for every sentence. I finally know my characters well enough to write their scenes without a struggle. It’s still work to get the words out. What I wouldn’t give for a direct thought to page app! But the ideas are forming and materializing with a lot less effort. A good sign that I won’t hit the doldrums of the middle and be ready to chuck it all.

I have no idea how this one is going to end, but I’m not worried about that. We’ll get there eventually. I know these two characters will find a way to work it out for me.  They want to be together. Right now, I can’t figure out how that happens, but it’s still early. By the second act though, I’ll need to have it firmly in mind or the third act is going to read like a rush to the end and that’s never good. It’s something I’ve struggled with in all three of my books.

Yesterday, I wrote the climax of act one. In thinking about it today, there’s some details I want to change, but I’m making notes, not rewriting yet. I have a bad habit of rewriting and editing before the first draft is constructed. That’s how I keep ending up with half finished books. Well, that and being lazy. I’m pushing ahead instead. There’s plenty of time for rewriting.

I’m cautiously optimistic about this one. Putting that in black and white is a little scary. Despite not being a bit superstitious it still feels like tempting fate to say this is going well. Good thing I don’t believe in fate.