almost there

I am thankful for being fully rested on six hours of sleep and being able to write almost 40,000 words so far. I'm well on my way to the goal of 50k, although I'll probably have to finish that this weekend so that I can finish my homework next week. After almost a week of uninspired chase scenes, I finally got back to writing a "good part" at the write out Saturday night, and would have gotten back into the groove sooner if it hadn't been for my homework this week taking even more hours than expected. It was just a good thing that I had started a little earlier than usual.

I thought I wouldn't get enough words out of my plot, but that seems to be okay. I figure I can wrap things up whenever I get a chance now, because I'm pretty close to the end. I think part of my problem was that I was putting off a lot of inevitable (in my mind) things so that I could keep the story going.

In other news, Mr. Lyle is hosting the Miss America Pagent... Also, I know it's hard to condense a 734 page book into a slightly over two hour long movie, but that doesn't mean the entire thing should be one action scene after another. I was left exhausted with everything they crammed into the movie, and I'd read the book already. Also, I left acutely aware that the next book will be the last in the series.