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November 10, 2005
Conversation with My Husband
I don't know why we don't talk much to each other face to face during the day. I suppose because he's working in his office and it's a pain to shout up and down the stairs. Also, since he's working, I oughtn't interrupt him. He gets all cranky when I do. But IM seems to be an exception to this rule. Not sure why. Anyway, here's the conversation he and I just had, just now:
Sally says:
Was bit by the writing bug early today. And now?
Sally says:
25,130 words, baby.
David Eames-Harlan says:
yes?
Sally says:
WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO!
David Eames-Harlan says:
Nice!
Sally says:
And I have moved into Chapter 4.
David Eames-Harlan says:
I think this calls for a....
[pig dance]
David Eames-Harlan says:
pig dance
Sally says:
Doin the butt dance in my chair along with the pig.
Sally says:
Thank you, thankyouverymuch.
Sally says:
You gonna finish that sandwich?
David Eames-Harlan says:
already gone.
David Eames-Harlan says:
the boat of dem
Sally says:
Anyway, I was blocked at the end of Chapter 3. Didn't know how to get out of the habit I had developed of explaining the passing moments in such detail.
Sally says:
and I knew there were BIG and important events that had to happen, and I didn't want to still be working to get there at 400,000 words.
Sally says:
So I stopped writing chronologically a couple of days ago and skipped ahead.
Sally says:
Wrote a couple of later scenes. Yesterday, I added onto the end of one and made some bits stronger in the middle of the other.
Sally says:
That kind of thing.
David Eames-Harlan says:
nice
Sally says:
But this morning, I had a vision of how to move on from the end of Chapter 3.
Sally says:
so I did.
Sally says:
and when I went to the King James Version online to find some verses to use as support (good way to up the word count without having to come up with more words myself),
Sally says:
I discovered that a thing that I had written about the last time I dealt with chapter 3, that I had expanded on at the beginning of chapter 4, HAD AN ACTUAL CONNECTION TO THE BOOK OF REVELATION.
David Eames-Harlan says:
nice!
Sally says:
and it took me to another place further in the scene that really complicates things for everybody concerned and adds to the shit my protagonist has to deal wit.
Sally says:
h.
David Eames-Harlan says:
heheh
David Eames-Harlan says:
woo hoo!!!
Sally says:
And the next thing I knew, I counted my words and added the new number to what I alread had and I'd passed 25K.
David Eames-Harlan says:
excellent
David Eames-Harlan says:
I think... yes. definitely:
[pig dance]
Sally says:
Already this morning, I have written 1685 words.
Sally says:
teeheehee.
We're a couple of dorks, aren't we? Or mabye it's just me...
Posted by sally at November 10, 2005 12:42 PM
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