This is for The Circled Green. Finally I hit the amount I was aiming for with NaNo. XD
(Random note: I reached the end of the chapter and checked the wordcount. 49 994. Why does this always happen?)
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Lighthouses In A Sea Of Time
I’ve spoken before about my love of the animated series Gargoyles, and watching a few episodes these past few days has only served to remind me even more.
The episode I have just watched is “A Lighthouse In A Sea Of Time”, a very special episode about the importance of literacy. Unlike a lot of other VSEs though, “A Lighthouse In A Sea Of Time” (and the episode “Deadly Force”, about dangers of improper use of guns and the importance of respect and proper care of them) doesn’t come across as preachy, and as well as getting their message across they are also used as springboards for character development.
And if nothing else, “A Lighthouse In A Sea Of Time” gives us the following quote at the end, in-story as the forward of a novel a guest (and eventually recurring) character begins to write:
The written word is all that stands between memory and oblivion. Without books as our anchors, we are cast adrift, neither teaching nor learning. They are windows on the past, mirrors on the present, and prisms reflecting all possible futures. Books are lighthouses, erected in the dark sea of time.
If books are the lighthouses, then those of us who write are the lighthouse keepers. I don’t know about you, but I quite like that idea.
I’m Pondering Word Counts
First of all: I reached the 45k mark for The Circled Green. So hooray for that. My goal is to reach 55k by the end of the month, which means I have to write about 500 words a day. As that’s what I have been writing for the past little bit, that shouldn’t be too much of a problem.
What I’m finding interesting about The Circled Green is that right now I can’t get a handle on its length. When I wrote my first draft of Blood Bound I used 80k as a guide to how close I was, and when I finished it 80k was the total of that draft.
The Circled Green isn’t like that.
At first I used 70k as the guideline – nice and in the middle.
As The Circled Green went on, and things started moving faster than I originally thought, I guessed it might come down to 60k. But now that other things are happening, and I know I need to go back and add some description and further scenes etc. it looks like it might be up to 80k, same as Blood Bound.
So I guess I’ll just have to keep writing and see how this one goes.