And the Characters Continue

I'll admit that today I was extremely bugged and tired and as a result, not much writing was done. I'm hoping that a newly quieted house will help with really kicking out some more words, but no promises there. Life is strange and mysterious.

Speaking of words, I just realized that I'm coming up to the most words I've ever written in a single story. Originally this record was set by a story I started writing back some time ago, the title of that story being R.E.D. I have friends (of which all are reading this story and mad that I am taking so long...) that read what I wrote for that story and they are upset that I stopped writing that story a while ago. I do plan on some day going back to R.E.D. because it is such an interesting idea, one told with colors and images, but at the current time I am strictly sticking to my current story. Maybe when I finish this one I will revisit R.E.D. and get that re-written into a masterpiece of its own.

So I guess what I'm trying to say with all this blabber that it is really interesting to see myself actually coming up to and passing the farthest point I've ever made in a story. It's not a goal and I don't consider it an accomplishment, but it is something that kind of helps motivate me to write more. In a way, setting the record as far as possible will make writing even more fun.

Back to the current story, I am happy to announce that another interesting character has been added to the mix. Now I don't want people to think I'm going to go crazy with characters (not that right now it matters, I think I have a total of 5, maybe 6 available) and for the most part the other characters will drop off for some time to reappear. However, this character might stick around for a while. I'm not sure yet, but his personality really does offer a lot for me to play with. We'll see, the individual is now on the table. To the people who are currently reading my novel, I wonder how they will react to this guy. He is of course as unique as any of the individuals I create.

Words for the Month: 24,204 / 40,000
Total Words: 24,204
Total Pages: 33 (single spaced)