"I try to create sympathy for my characters, then turn the monsters loose" - Stephen King

[naomi_jay]

Look at me! I wrote 2k today! I had a bit of a freak-out yesterday that I was basically writing a travelogue of Paris with werewolves in, and decided the best remedy for this was to have Ayla and Shannon... visit a museum... But it's okay, because it's a fictional Museum of Werewolf History, and there was in fact a clue there. Not too obvious a clue, I hope, since I'm still a few chapters away from revealing too much about my sewer monster. I'm really not sure about the pacing of this novel. I can't tell yet if I'm going too fast or not fast enough.

Anyway, in the mean time, someone has just thrown a brick at Ayla, and the only person they know with a first aid kit is another werewolf who Shannon may or may not be noticing a bit too much, if you know what I mean. And on that note, I'm going to bed.

24033 / 70000 words. 34% done!

Comments

[blythe025.livejournal.com]

Yay! Excellent progress!

And I love that King quote, very, very true of his work, and good advice in general. :)

[naomi-jay.livejournal.com]

I really need to read his "On Writing" book. I've had a copy sitting around the house for almost a year now and never even glanced at the back.

[blythe025.livejournal.com]

I really liked it, though it's been forever since I read it. So I only remember bits and pieces.