NaNoWriMo Day 13

Over the course of the day today I churned out a further 2,351 words, about half my target of 4.3k but I'm hoping with a bit more work as the midnight hour ticks over I can start to catch up tomorrow. Finally I've arrived at a potentially juicy part in the plot, and I'm anticipating the next few scenes taking me over the 20k threshold in the next day or so, if not in the next few hours.

I thought I better commit this idea before it wafts away like all good ideas too: originally I wasn't going to have any character deaths, but I think I will now, after being struck by inspiration in the most unlikely (though some may say differently) of places. I might add a body washing up on the beach, and make it a pivotal moment for reconciliation between two of my main characters... but then again, does that sound old and done? A part of me thinks that might be a bit cliché. Trust my gut, or trust my imagination?