Hey Folks,
Well, given the time and a little attention to the WIP, the story will end today. I’m not looking forward to it.
In my endeavor to write fiction every day (and it always has to be “honest” fiction, meaning I intend to publish it), I already have a vague story idea for a short story or novella.
A wise guy on a camping trip.Eh? Eh? Or something like that. How would a guy born and raised into a very different lifestyle in Brooklyn react to wide-open spaces, and overnight no less?
If you’ve ever been way out in the boonies on an overnight camping trip, you know everything seems both bigger and more expansive and more tightly closed-in at night.
Out There is the entire world — the entire universe — expanding forever into… well, Forever. Yet you’re also in your own minuscule bubble, hemmed in on all sides by a void where even air might not exist.
So in that way it’s a good experience for both the extrovert and the introvert. Though the latter might get a little rattled at some of the sounds that filter in from outside the aforementioned bubble. (grin)
So I wondered, how might that Brooklyn guy react to that environment? Of course, he would have to react according to his ingrained psyche, and I love writing that stuff. Should be fun.
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Wow. The novel’s really flying along.
I went to the Hovel around 7 and knocked out a little over 1000 words. Then I took a break to see how everyone’s doing up at the house.
That lasted for about a half-hour. Then I headed back to the Hovel and the novel. Knocked out the rest of today’s effort in a little more than a half-hour, and I’m gonna call it a day.
There are probably four or five thousand words left to the end (the story took a twist) so I’ll probably finish it tomorrow.
Talk with you again soon.
Of Interest
See “The Mystery of Jack Waer” at https://killzoneblog.com/2018/10/the-mystery-of-jack-waer.html. This one strikes close to home. (grin)
See “It Helps If You Can Write” at https://killzoneblog.com/2018/07/it-helps-if-you-can-write.html. (This might be a repeat.)
Fiction Words: 2118
Nonfiction Words: 370 (Journal)
So total words for the day: 2488
Writing of Nick 3 (novel, tentative title)
Brought forward from September………… 21695
Day 10… 1736 words. Total words to date…… 23431
Day 11… 1468 words. Total words to date…… 24899
Day 12… 2796 words. Total words to date…… 27695
Day 13… 1719 words. Total words to date…… 29414
Day 14… 2677 words. Total words to date…… 32091
Day 15… 2682 words. Total words to date…… 34773
Day 16… 1533 words. Total words to date…… 36306
Day 17… 2118 words. Total words to date…… 38424
Total fiction words for the month……… 16729
Total fiction words for the year………… 353455
Total nonfiction words for the month… 9760
Total nonfiction words for the year…… 142856
Total words for the year (fiction and this blog)…… 496061
Calendar Year 2018 Novels to Date………………………… 7
Calenday Year 2018 Novellas to Date…………………… 2
Calendar Year 2018 Short Stories to Date……… 11
Novels (since Oct 19, 2014)………………………………………… 33
Novellas (since Nov 1, 2015)……………………………………… 6
Short stories (since Apr 15, 2014)………………………… 193
Days of writing fiction……………………………………… 7