NaNo: 50,000 Words, Baby!
Whoot! I made it slightly before 7pm tonight. I still have a little bit to write story-wise, but I did it! I can now breathe a sigh of relief and claim that I did it! Whoo-hoo!
I’m at the part of the story where Nora is packing up her apartment to move to Alabama and will soon have the offer recinded. Then she’ll go through a whole soul-searching thing where she tries even more desperately to figure out what she’s going to do with her life before finding the right fit with the the company in Maine…I’m going to end it with when she leaves for Maine. I might go in later and fill in some social interactions between her and her social circle before the firing. They seemed to be so much more focused on after — of course, that was all she had then.
I think this whole experience has been enlightening and theraputic. My mother wants to read it and I’ve told her she could but I must admit, now that I’ve written it, I’m worried what she will think because I explored my feelings about her and dad and I don’t want to hurt her feelings. I’m worried too that she’ll see my all my faults and flaws and be disappointed, which was something I explored. Then again, maybe this will open the door to a conversation that maybe we should have about expectations and what not. I would like to be reassured that their standards aren’t as high as I think they are for me. I would like to hope that maybe I’m putting a lot more pressure on myself than they meant to.
Anyway, back to our regularly scheduled blog. I shall be happy to get back to reading the news and keeping up with politics.
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on November 27, 2005 at 8:24 pm
Tamara said:
Woohoo!!! *dances*
Congratulations, girlie!
on November 28, 2005 at 2:40 pm
Heather said:
Congratulations!! And best of luck with your family. Sharing something as personal as your writing with your family is never easy.
on December 7, 2005 at 7:54 am
neca said:
I really enjoyed the portions of your novel that I read. I am always impressed with the incredible talent I find out in internetland. Congratulations!