NaNoWriMo, day four
Well, today I just passed the 10,000 word mark… would have had a few more, but I had to re-write the last 300 or so of yesterday’s words because they didn’t mesh at all well with what I worked out for today, which is slightly different to what I thought I was going to do today when I was writing yesterday’s bit.
Still, the story’s progressing quite well, and although the quality of the writing leaves a lot to be desired, things should improve a bit now that I’m getting the chance to introduce a few more characters into the story. It’s been very much centred on Tom so far, but the introduction of Alan will allow the viewpoint to switch around a bit, and there’s another character waiting in the wings for her cue to come on and steal some of the viewpoints as well.
These characters will also be a useful defence against Tom’s cats, who are currently threatening to take over and hold the entire story hostage unless I make Tom feed them fresh tuna or salmon every day, preferably topped with caviar. Since Tom’s a schoolteacher, I really can’t manage that, and I’ve tried to explain to the cats that they’d be ill, but they’re just not having it…
Characters, eh? Maybe they’ll behave a bit better tomorrow.
They kind of have to, since they won’t actually be in it much tomorrow.