Foosh!

Another quick post; I find myself doing so much writing aside from NaNoing that it amazes me that I can get in my goal of 2,000 words a day (when I write. 15,638 as of today. Last year was harder: I had characters yet to develop, scenes and background I needed to study and research before putting into the novel. I don't know what other people are doing, but my goal is not just to splort 50,000 words together, but create something that, like last year, I can continue to grow into a fully-fledged novel.

My daughter is pushing to get her 10,000 words up by today (which has eight minutes left by my clock -- I hope she's in bed!!!). I am exhilarated by her pushing forward with this lofty goal: I can't imagine me, at her age, being capable of even considering 50,000 words as an achievable goal. I am in awe of this young woman.

Meanwhile, my character still hasn't done much but almost get drowned. I'm alternating chapters in first person with third-person background or weaving events. These are much more exciting, usually, than the first person, although I expect they will weave together. After all, Laramie needs to get off the boat and onto shore to visit all the countries I have planned for him... .