Off to a good start
That sense of newness and excitement helped me get off to a good start tonight. I finished chapter one with 2545 words - exactly where I needed to be. Then I couldn't help but be too thrilled to quit. I started chapter two, ending at 3505 words for the night.Already I'm wondering if I have enough plot to fill up an entire novel. As I plot the scenes (five scenes per chapter) I come up with new events, sub-plots and adventures. Hopefully all this will help me move toward my goal of 50,000 words before the month is ended.
When I wrote chapter one I got at least 500 words per scene, which is what I wanted and intended, but the scenes I planned for chapter two didn't work out that way. I need to put in more detail... usually my writing is more action-oriented, which isn't bad in a children's adventure novel, but it helps to slow the plot down now and then to let people know where they are and what its like there.
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