Day 16: Getting Down To Business

I wrote about seven pages today, or around 1800 words. I realized that in order to reach my summer's goal of around 120K words, I needed to step things up a bit in terms of productivity. So, I finished a little later, and got a lot more done. I wrote a 'turning point' scene today, one in which we figure out the way that the main characters are going to interact. The major problem of the novel has been put forth. It happens, novel-wise, about 80 pages in; I'll have to rely on my pre-readers to tell me if it happens too late. Not that there isn't interesting stuff before, it's just that a lot of questions begin to get answered at this point, rather than earlier on.

From now on, nothing in the novel is innocent; everyone's motivations have been exposed, and everything is going to continue to spiral toward the climax of the story. It's getting exciting, which is why I think it's getting easier to write more in one sitting. That and the new chair. Man is this thing comfortable.