It felt good to get into the "zone" while writing. A couple of weeks ago, I decided to get my butt in gear and do some significant writing on my newest book. I feel pretty good about my results so far. I've drafted 7.5 chapters in the last two weeks for a total of just under 27,000 words.
I don't know how other authors do things, but I really get into the character's emotions. I've been sitting here tonight angry, sad, happy, concerned, afraid, and everything in between.
It may sound like such a chore, but seriously, I love it when I get in the zone like this. It's an awesome feeling when you are creating a story and it actually surprises you the way it evolves in ways you never expected.
I'm following an outline and sticking fairly close to it, but some things sprang onto the page I never imagined. They just happened. That may sound odd if you've never experienced it, but it is awesome.
Sometimes, it's frustrating. I knew how I wanted the relationship between two characters to be, but the story wrote a different relationship. I fought with the story a few days, but the story won. What I originally wanted was just... bad. Just incredibly bad. What it became was good. Or at least potentially good.
I hope to write an update at least once a week. That should hold me accountable in keeping up the writing schedule so I can finish this book for self-publication in June or July.
Note: editing can take a really long time.
