I am still plugging away at my NaNo Project. At 24,020 words, my Excel spreadsheet estimates I will be done on December 11th. I will keep writing one word at a time to get to the finish line. My goal is still 50 thousand words before December 1st.
Because I spent very little time getting to know my characters beforehand, I do get surprised by my characters or the plot. Tonight my main character revealed something personal about himself. Apparently he was an aspiring Olympian in his younger years. He never made the US Olympic archery team and quit practicing after college. I should have known a nickname like “Dead Eye” might have something to do with his aim.
At 48% of the project done, I am almost finished with the uphill climb. Soon I’ll be on the downward slope. Before I know it, my worry will not be “where will I find all these words” but how to tie up the story before I reach 50k.