Now that the clock's ticked over to midnight, Day 18, the target's bumped up to the big 3-0, 30k - so now I'm 5,100 behind. No matter, it's Sunday.
I've realised of late that my story's not going to be finished by the time I hit 50k, which is beyond what I was expecting to come out of this plot idea I'd saved for NaNo - it'll probably be more around the half-way mark, which is a good thing if I can pump out another 50k and make it a fuller-fledged novel draft upon which to work on for publication. When I'd attempted proper novels in my youth (after practicing with James Bond self-insert fanfiction, long before I knew what fanfiction was...), I would get to about 30k and either give up or finish the story, full still of gaping plot holes and horrible turns of phrase, probably. So it's nice to know that now, about twelve years on, I can get a story going and sustain it for as long as the publishing houses want it to go. I'm excited about the way it's developing, now that I've jumped a hurdle over the last 5-10,000 words where I thought I was never going to get to a good bit... now that I have, and I can get started on the next juicy bit, things are looking up.
And no, I won't say what the juicy bits are all about... best left to your imaginations!
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