I don't know if you noticed my nice new banner on the side. Yes, I did it! I completed 50,116 words in 30 days. It was a rough ride, but I had my friends there supporting me and participating alongside me. I'll find out their tallies tomorrow and provide an update.
I've learned a lot from this contest, such as the fact I can't write just for the sake of writing. For me, the characters have always been living breathing individuals who want their story told. I have to wait for them to decide where they're going rather than me trying to force them into a set of circumstances.
Midway into the contest, I decided I liked one of my peripheral characters better and followed his path for a while. I developed a great skeleton story for my new alpha hero.
At one point, I was trying to create a scene and the characters weren't speaking to me, so I just wrote. I ended up with a horrific scene where my hero annihilates my heroine's ego, which led to her flirting at a huge gala event, completely ignoring the fact she was suffering from PTSD and hated crowds. I kept the scene since I had written it. Then I rewrote the entire scene again allowing myself time.
Towards the end, I no longer was writing a story, but rather scenes that seemed appropriate to the story though I was unsure of how they fit in the timeline and they severely lacked transitions.
Once I've had a breather, I'll return to my previous story and wrap it up before evaluating what equates to a mash up of two stories that I created. It's been fun participating in the contest and thanks to my friends for their never ending support.
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Congratulations! I'm looking forward to seeing your novel in print! I'm glad all of us participated in the writing fest. Nice try to everyone...and I also knew that of all the people involved you'd probably be the one that would succeed in getting a zillion words down. Once again...it was fun!!!
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