Day Sixty-one - 113,305 words and counting

I'm writing a novel. All my progress can be found on my private blog. The commentary for each day's work can be found below.

It's an odd feeling, getting back into my writing after so long away. There is so much that is identical to last year, and so much that's different. I find myself falling back into the comfortable rhythm of composition, and I wonder why I ever stopped.

But those are thoughts that I can save for State of the Novel post tomorrow. For right now, I've got to get started on composing a scene that I've had in my head for quite some time: Bryony's meeting with the Patroness.

The trick here is to both meet and counter expectations. I want the scene to be satisfactory, but at the same time surprising. Also, first impressions being important, I need to make sure to give the Patroness a good one.

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Oh, this Christmas music is killing me. I'm going to have to start bring headphones to listen to my own music, because it's making it really hard to concentrate.

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Well, the Christmas music ended, which is good. I'm hoping that at my normal time of the day, it won't be on at all.

I'm happy with today's section, although I do wonder if the story is moving fast enough at this point. I've decided to take advantage of Bryony being where she is to introduce a couple more characters, but that won't happen until tomorrow, as I continue with Chapter Eight.

Today's Total: 1,774 / 1,689 words (105.0%)
Nov. Progress to Date: 58,248 / 50,670 words (115.0%, 4.5 days ahead)
Nov. Total Progress: 58,248 / 50,670 (115.0%)