NaNo: Day Seven Recap

Word Count: 11,052.

All right, so I'm lagging behind a bit. No worries. My goal is to get to 12,000 before I go to bed tonight, just so I'm a little ahead when I wake up tomorrow. Hopefully I can get ahead o the curve sometime this month.

In regards to the writing, I've definitely taken a stop in Ramble McRamble City for the last couple of scenes. I also feel like I'm skipping over several filler scenes and that the pacing is going too fast. All of this can be fixed in the rewrite process, I'm sure. As long as I get the general, fleshed out outline written this month. I'm pretty sure the fic is going to be over 50,000 words when I'm finished with it though. Yay for long fic, right!

Oh! Also, I have the title! It's not most snazzy title in the world, but I like it. Drumroll please as I present...

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Demigod Snatchers

:D

And your scene for the day...

( Can't someone else be the hero for once? )

NaNo: Day Eight (or the day in which I kicked the word count's ass)

Word Count: 16,092

See what I meant by not being worried about lagging behind? I caught up just fine. XD

I still can't believe I wrote more than 5,000 words today...and that I might write a couple hundred more before I go to bed tonight! It's honestly kind of blowing my mind; I don't think I've ever written that many words in one day. My wrists and hands do not appreciate this effort though. Hopefully they don't go on strike any time soon!

It helped that I was writing scenes that were fun and not just pure infodumping...and that I actively went and found places where I could get work done instead of sitting in my living room with the TV on and my roommate blabbing at me. Not having great Internet access at the beginning of the day helped out loads, and then putting myself in the library where, you know, you start to feel guilty for not actually doing something productive after forty minutes or so really helped.

Wrote scene for all main characters appearing in this fic today, minus Grover, but I wrote a scene for him yesterday. Percy's scene was, once again, the most infodumpy of them all because he met a new character who may have some sway on the plot later in the story. Hopefully his scenes start getting smaller as everyone else starts figuring out the mystery of the Snatchers. I am rather worried about the pacing - the reveal and set-up is happening kind of fast, and the villain isn't supposed to show up for another few days. Eh, I suppose things can always slow down after this chapter.

The scene for the day involves Nico and Annabeth, two of my favorite characters who I have actually never put in a scene together before! I'm a little worried that the Nico and Annabeth dynamic is rather like the Nico and Rachel dynamic, but without the obvious UST. Oh well.

And scene!

( 'Gods, no wonder you and Percy get along so well. You both like to strangle unsuspecting people!' )

Also, check out the pretty widget I added to my profile. Such a pretty little NaNo calender!