Week Two - Reaching Midway

If you recall from my introductory blog, I prefer to write by hand when I create. The week began where I was achieving my word count, but my typing up was lagging behind.  By Tuesday I happily caught up, as my goal is to create and type on the same day.

Word count at the end of week two:

29,528

Are you diligently keeping to a certain word count per day or are you writing in longer sessions?

I am keeping to my planned word count per day.

Any change to your writing schedule/habits?

Yes, I am starting earlier in the morning.

Have you managed to incorporate both the romance and mystery in your story?

Yes, I think this is due to the variation of characters I have introduced.  Yet characters are not always the kind of people they outwardly depict, so this presents a challenge to me.

What was the best thing you wrote this week? And the most frustrating?

The best thing I wrote is the movement of the story as it progresses and I feel my protagonist is growing from her experiences, easy or hard, as they happen.

The most frustrating thing I wrote this week? The modus operandi with a mystery is that one first has to think of a motive for the bad guy or girl and then accept that this will not be revealed to the reader until the end of the story.  In such a case you work backwards.  In romance the sequence is chronological to the reader, as it happens (except for backstory).

Do any particular writing challenges present themselves this week?

I have to realize my characters do not belong to me but to my reader who likes to be entertained. I must make them suffer and face more challenges.

Hopes for next week:  that my imagination and words flow and I can keep up with my word count effectively.

NaNoWriMo in a nutshell (week two): Makes one discipline oneself.

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