NaNoWriMo Update

Update: Day 16.

To be on schedule with NaNo you should be at 26,667 words. I am currently at 33,724. Yea!

Just past the midway point of writing this month and I'm still doing pretty well. I really like this story--the characters, the wacky storyline and now, I have a fairly good idea how it's all going to end. It came to me in the shower. Most of my better story ideas come to me while I'm standing under the hot water. Hot water on my brain seems to loosen up the thoughts.

Now, if only they had waterproof computers/laptops...

Of course, if they did, my water bill would be astronomically high, and I'd look like a prune, but I just know those stories would sell!

The thing is, by the time I get out of the shower and dry off enough so as to not get water all over the floor and the computer, the best bits of story--especially dialogue--just don't seem to hold up. The dialogue that sparkled in my head when hot water is running all over me seems a little drier when I'm a little drier.

I wonder if it's like singing in the shower. Songs always sound better when they're sung in the shower...

Anyway. I'm rambling. I should be writing. I need some food. Something to drink. And eventually a nap--running on too few hours of sleep these past two weeks (also fighting off a lingering cold - bad cold, go away!).

To all of you working on a NaNo book - good luck! I wish you all the best on this amazing endeavor.

Take care -