So I'm writing this from a hotel room near Ieper (that Ypres for you English lot), where I have just reached 22,035 words. Par today is 21,667, so I'm still a little bit ahead of schedule.
Which is a miracle, if you knew how stumped for inspiration I am. Seriously, it's been a long time since writing was this difficult. Like I mentioned in my previous post, I have an idea of the sort of story I want to write, but somehow, it isn't happening. Maybe my characters don't quite fit, maybe I just can't find the right tone of voice, I don't really know what the problem is, I just know that there is one.
Now of course I'm still writing, but because it doesn't feel quite right, it's not going as fast as I would have thought. I was hoping to be around the 25,000 words by now, but it's a struggle just to stay on par each day. I could change the genre, but that means that I will have to write against a lot of exposition I did in the earlier parts, which I can remember from earlier years is pretty difficult, and not all that motivational. So I'm hoping for a flash of brilliance on an inspirational plot change, which will get my characters back on course. The good thing is; they are now all doing what they're supposed to be doing. It's just not going the way I was hoping when I started.
Still, I'm on par, and I'm finding time to write every day, so you won't hear me complaining. Just little inspirational grumbles.
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