3,286/60,000. Rainy Wednesday. The three-day weekend was wonderful, bright with sunshine, but cold. I finished my read-through and annotation of the Nano novel and Monday got started on the rewrite. During November I didn’t use chapter breaks; now I’m setting them. Chapter 1 is short, sweet, and does exactly what I want it to do.
Today I’m at Chapter 2, focusing on Randall. Most of that chapter will be about him and it’s all new material. I was at loose ends for a bit, knowing what I wanted to write, not knowing how to get it down. But I composed a scenario, gave Randall his first line, and the scene surfaced through the words. By the time I shut down and headed for the office, I was satisfied at this morning’s work. The scene’s not finished, but I can see a little ways into the fog and I’m not worried. I’ve targeted 60,000 words for this pass, but I may increase it if I hit that mark before mid-March. I don’t know what the final word count will be, and I’m not going to set a fence.
For Valentine’s Day last week, all the women in the office received pots of blood-red cyclamen with chocolate kisses scattered among the leaves. Lovely! I’ve given mine an alternate name–”vampire’s kiss.”
