Sweet Words Flow Softly

An odd thing is happening with the current story. For all that I've said recently that I'm comfortable writing to around the 8000 word mark, this one is already at 17,500 and there's still a way to go. I'm guessing the first draft will come in around 25-30,000 words. Of course that will change on revision because it is a bit flabby at the moment; but I'm surprised by how it is developing.

I also like how it is linking together some of the other stories in this series and that, when I'm through, they should all give hints and tips as to the others.

Last year I wrote what I thought would be the last story in the sequence to give me something to aim for. In fact the story has changed and I'm now plundering that "last" story for paragraphs :-) I'm no longer sure how the sequence will end, or if I'll just keep adding 'same universe' stories.

I also haven't forgotten that this all began when I started writing notes for a novel and realised that I didn't have the skills to write it. One day I do plan to write it,although my initial conception for it was a series of inked stories, before I got ambitious.

Disaster

I am caught in the midst of an ongoing catastrophe. I am trying to write BUT I HAVE NO CHOCOLATE.

Spring Forward

Strange how things are going well and then grind to a halt in a standing wave of distractions. I quickly got about 2000 words into a draft of a new story, but haven't written a word for several days now.

The usual suspects are implicated, but I have this strange sense of guilt if I'm not sitting in front of my laptop making something up.