26th November
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I know, I know, that blog yesterday was absolutely shocking. But, I don't care. I hit 100k, and I'm pleased. I think this is the earliest I've ever done it, and I think I'll be able to finish the novel this month. No, scratch that, I will definitely be able to finish it. I have one and a half chapters, and then two epilogues to write. And then I'm done. I'm currently writing Rouge's last proper chapter, and it's kind of touching, in a good way and a horrible violent way. XD But, that's just Rouge all over.
And then we have the confrontation between the two MCs. It'll be the first and last time they ever meet. How cool is that? :O AC will wonder what all the fuss is about, and Rouge will wonder what the hell is going on, and why she wasn't informed. =P And then, the epilogues will tie up some random loose ends (well, as much as they can be tied up in NaNo), and that will be the end. If I finish early I might... write something random, maybe work on PaLS for a day to fill up the time, or something. And then I'll print off Medina's novel and get stuck back into that again. But, only relaxedly because I'll have exams to start revising for, and then exams to sit. It's all good though, overall this NaNo has been great. And, I'll hopefully have a finished first draft to show for it as well, which is something I haven't had since the adventure with Merce in 2006.
Get this, my 100,000th word was: ALONE. Baha. Poor AC.
Anyway. I'm tired. So, like, here's an excerpt:
Olive seemed somewhat bewildered, but she nodded her head and smiled. I reached into my pocket and withdrew a small velvet box. I placed it in her palm, and for a moment she just looked at it. Then, wiping the blood from her hands and onto her skirt, she opened it carefully. Inside there was a small silver ring, with three rubies set carefully, sparkling in the dim lights of the lair. Olive sucked in a deep breath, gazed at it for a moment, and then opened her mouth like a fish out of water.
“Oh Rouge,” she breathed. “It’s beautiful.”
“It’s red,” I said. It didn’t matter that I was stating the obvious, making a fool of myself. I was in love, and that was the only excuse that I needed. “They’re rubies. To remind you of me. You know, because Rouge means-”
“Red. I know. I learnt French when I was little.” She smirked at me, took the ring from the box and slid it onto the middle finger of her right hand.
Words written over the past two days: 5,103, 3,573.
Word count: 103,636
I know, I know, that blog yesterday was absolutely shocking. But, I don't care. I hit 100k, and I'm pleased. I think this is the earliest I've ever done it, and I think I'll be able to finish the novel this month. No, scratch that, I will definitely be able to finish it. I have one and a half chapters, and then two epilogues to write. And then I'm done. I'm currently writing Rouge's last proper chapter, and it's kind of touching, in a good way and a horrible violent way. XD But, that's just Rouge all over.
And then we have the confrontation between the two MCs. It'll be the first and last time they ever meet. How cool is that? :O AC will wonder what all the fuss is about, and Rouge will wonder what the hell is going on, and why she wasn't informed. =P And then, the epilogues will tie up some random loose ends (well, as much as they can be tied up in NaNo), and that will be the end. If I finish early I might... write something random, maybe work on PaLS for a day to fill up the time, or something. And then I'll print off Medina's novel and get stuck back into that again. But, only relaxedly because I'll have exams to start revising for, and then exams to sit. It's all good though, overall this NaNo has been great. And, I'll hopefully have a finished first draft to show for it as well, which is something I haven't had since the adventure with Merce in 2006.
Get this, my 100,000th word was: ALONE. Baha. Poor AC.
Anyway. I'm tired. So, like, here's an excerpt:
Olive seemed somewhat bewildered, but she nodded her head and smiled. I reached into my pocket and withdrew a small velvet box. I placed it in her palm, and for a moment she just looked at it. Then, wiping the blood from her hands and onto her skirt, she opened it carefully. Inside there was a small silver ring, with three rubies set carefully, sparkling in the dim lights of the lair. Olive sucked in a deep breath, gazed at it for a moment, and then opened her mouth like a fish out of water.
“Oh Rouge,” she breathed. “It’s beautiful.”
“It’s red,” I said. It didn’t matter that I was stating the obvious, making a fool of myself. I was in love, and that was the only excuse that I needed. “They’re rubies. To remind you of me. You know, because Rouge means-”
“Red. I know. I learnt French when I was little.” She smirked at me, took the ring from the box and slid it onto the middle finger of her right hand.
Words written over the past two days: 5,103, 3,573.
Word count: 103,636
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