*Author's Note: This post was originally posted here: http://community.livejournal.com/lj_nanowrimo/41409.html
November 6, 2008 10:30pm
I'm 1,200 words away from hitting 15,000. I really want to hit 15,000 words tonight, its my first nano goal. But I'm stuck, I've spent the past 13,000 words painting and developing my character and story, now it's time to take it someplace.
I should take it out, it got all dressed up and everything, I should take it someplace nice, maybe buy it dinner; first class all the way. If I treat it right, maybe it will put out and I'll get lucky, but then again it's only the first date. My novel is a Rules Novel, I'll probably have to work for it before I get lucky, take it out a lot, buy it pretty things, tell it "No, that font doesn't make you look fat" or "I like a novel that has some sustenance to it." And of course I'll have to assure it that I'm in it for more than just a one night stand, and I wouldn't dream of looking at other novels. Then, if all goes well, I'll have to introduce it to my family. Then we'll talk about commitment, were is it all going? And before I know it, I'm permanently bound to it, with a sequel on the way. Then comes the nagging, "Why don't you want to spend time with me anymore? You never take me anyplace nice. I saw you with that skinny collection of short stories when you were supposed to be taking care of the sequel!"
Maybe I should just get it liquored up and have my way with it, no one would blame me. It's been teasing me for days with interesting characters, and plot points, promises have been made, it needs to start living up to what its been flaunting. You can't get an author's hopes up and then roll over and pretend you have a headache, this novel needs to show me the prose!
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