Day 16 stats:
Min. Daily Average Word Count: 1,667
Word Count Goal: 3,500
Actual Word Count: 4,380
Daily Word Count Score (words in excess of min daily average): +2,713
Total Word Count Score: 29,167
Chapters complete: 13
Today was a very writerly day indeed. I was able to write on both flights back home, and the story really began to tell itself at times. A few surprises, both in terms of plotting and characterization, emerged, and I found the word count mounting up at a shockingly fast rate. I couldn’t believe how much I had written when I did my last word count check before touching down at LAX.
Finally managed to throw some serious challenges at Mia, and I poked at some pretty large story elements that have large, world-wide impacts on Gallidon regarding the established mythos (mostly revisionist history perspectives rather than contradictions).
Today was the most excited I’ve been, both because I was able to make up lost writing ground, but also because I could sense that I getting closer to having Mia be able to leave Korihana and meet Sora and Kenji (in preparation for the third act). Mia’s departure isn’t feeling as artificially stalled or forced as before.
And the seeds for a sequel are already taking root…!