Bless my sweet wife, who let me nap most of today so I could stay up late tonight to write. But, I've already shut down my word processor for the evening, tired and distracted somewhat by some changes taking place at work tomorrow (er, I mean, today).
For once I knew what I wanted to happen in these and the next couple of chapters, but it was still slow going. It hurt to get Chapter Six out, and boy was I bummed to see it was less than 1,000 words. Adding Chapter Seven only brought the night's total to where it should be per night — when I'll need to do three times that to catch up to where I should be.
Chapter Six, at least, moves the focus back to Hawaii. I'm enjoying thinking about the tiny bits and pieces of Hawaii I want to sprinkle in, but actually writing it without sounding either too oppressively Hawaii-focused or too purposely obscure is harder than I thought. I also didn't expect Cameron to be one of my main characters - but he was mentioned in the prologue, and I didn't feel right creating yet another entirely new person to keep track of.
I thought posting this online, and having people read it, would help me produce. But while I'm motivated, the words are still not exactly flowing. Now I'm hoping no one's reading. (Well, except the aforementioned wife, whose advice and surprisingly helpful offhand suggestions have helped a lot.) I fear it hurts as much to consume as it is to produce.
But like a workout after a year of being a couch potato, at least it's a good kind of pain.
Posted by Ryan at November 12, 2002 1:32 AM