There's one less mess in the world
I finally got through all the old scenes I'd written for The Alyssa Project and have them arranged in a reasonable order now. I am so relieved to have this part of the writing project done. I consider that all to be "part one" of the novel and I've started writing "part two" - beginning with chapter nine. This is possibly going to be a lot longer than I'd first envisioned. My plan is to just write the story and not fret about the length. It is a young adult novel so 50,000 words would be plenty, but I'm at 28,470 words now with so much more territory to cover. I wrote 1184 new words tonight.A few days ago I finished reading this book (written by Richard Peck):
Long Way from Chicago: A Novel in Stories
The novel is written in a series of short stories, one for each year the two children go to visit their grandmother. It is entertaining enough, but I was not thrilled with some aspects of the stories... for example, the dead mouse in the milk. I can see where some kids might find that funny. The book was a Newbery Honor Book... so apparently some adults thought it had merit too. I look forward to reading the sequel, A Year Down Yonder - a Newbery Medal Winner.
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