Well, I hit 50k on the 26th of the month. As usual, Thanksgiving got in the way, and I spent four days without writing anything. Of course, my mind kept working away on it. When I sat down today to pick it up I had a little trouble getting started, but once under way a couple of good scenes poured out that put me over the 50k mark.
It is nowhere near finished though. Maybe halfway, maybe a little further than that. This is actually a good sign, the first time I have had this many words in my story at this point. Perhaps I did learn something from reading all those pulitzers, at least about the overall feel of a good novel.
I'm not saying my efforts are good, just that I am a little bit encouraged. This is still only a first draft, and a hastily written one at that.
I also have one more character than I planned for, and another complication that I didn't plan for, but it seems to be fitting in OK. The antagonist has had a rough start, but in the last scene has started to hit the right tone of nastiness toward the protagonist. Of course, the actual antagonist is something much larger - prejudice, racism, and bigotry. It is only personified by the physical antagonist.
As usual, finishing 50k is not the finish. I will continue on until I get to an end for this novel, even if it takes me until Christmas or beyond.
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