My weekly word count for this Sunday is 42,715 up from 34,370 last week marking it the most productive week of writing to date. That's 8,345 words.
I crossed the boundary of the first major conflict of my story and have moved on into the middle part. I had originally targeted 90,000 words but I'm looking at closer to 110,000 at this point. My goal is to have the first draft complete sometime in August.
I've added the 2nd and 3rd pov characters one of whom is the antagonist, and I have all the plot lines underway.
On a side note, I find I'm being pulled into my writing emotionally. As in I experience sadness, exhiliration, elation, etc. while I'm writing. I don't know if that's good or bad but it feels right to me and I'm using it.
When I'm experiencing the emotions, it seems as if the words come flying out. That's when the writing is the easiest. Ultimately the quality of the writing will be up to the reader.
I feel like I've made real progress. I look back at my first pages and see how far I've come in a short amount of time.
One of the more interesting blogs I've read this week is one of a series written by Dean Wesley Smith regarding re-writes and the creative voice vs. the critical voice. It's an older series but new to me. I enjoyed it so I'm passing it along.
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