Behind and Panicking

...well, a little.

Currently, I've written 6,520 words for my novel.  I've maneuvered my way past the Inciting Incident (an excerpt of which can be seen in my last post), and now I'm trying hard not sprint toward the First Act Turn too quickly (leaving the bits in between riddled with plot holes and lack of storytelling).  Luckily, I've gotten most of my structure for the first half planned out decently well...or at least enough that I basically know what's coming next.  I decided to use the three act structure to plan out my story, and it's working so far.

I'm starting to get a little nervous because of how behind I am on my word count.  To stay on the right track, my graph says I should be at about 13,300 words.  I'm barely reaching the halfway point, and I have no idea how much I'll write today.  I like to think I'll get at least a thousand words done, but with a history of jazz quiz and Quidditch practice (not the mention the distractions of my friends and the internet), there's just no telling.

Luckily, I've finally reached a part that I'm excited to write.  I get to tell a bit of history and backstory, and I'm very excited.  The bad thing about getting to this part I've been looking forward to is that now I don't know how to write it in the way that I would like.  Since it's something I like, I want to write it well, so it's been difficult for me to start.  I tried to write it in class yesterday, but I just kept scratching out and rewriting because the words just wouldn't come out right.

Shannon and I went to our first NaNoWriMo wWrite-In on Tuesday night, which was awesome!  We met some really cool people and had a fun time discussing the oddest things while all trying to give our word counts a little boost.  It was also kinda cool because we were writing and hanging out while watching the presidential election results roll in, though that surprisingly took up little of our conversation.  We had a great time, and I hope to attend as many of the others as I can.

Well, I suppose I should stop procrastination and get back to either writing or homework.  I can't tell anymore if I'm procrastinating homework by writing or procrastinating writing by doing homework...or perhaps I'm procrastinating both of them by spending way too much time surfing the web.  Such is life.

Happy writing!

Victoria