Day Sixty-two - 115,063 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.

The music selection is much better this morning. I just got through rocking out to "Chain of Fools" a la Eva Cassidy with the Starbucks crew. We have fun here.

So yesterday, we left Bryony with an impending appointment with the Patroness and the whole morning at her disposal. Gessica's letter essentially gave us an idea what to expect as the chapter goes forward--a little exploration, followed by a meeting with the Patroness.

I've just finished adding index cards to the chain, so I've now got the next eight scenes lined up and ready to write. I'm thinking that will probably last me all the way through the end of December, based on my current plan.

Now, it's time to start writing for today. I believe there will only be one important meeting in the library, and it's not a new character.

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I'm suffering from a case of the shes in this section. In narrating the action, I'm starting to fall into the pattern of "She did this. She did that. She did the other thing." The problem is, I'm having a hard time figuring out what else to do when I'm dealing with the actions of a single character by herself, who isn't really thinking about anything other than what she's doing. I don't want to throw in lots of extraneous description for the sake of description, so until someone else arrives, I guess I'm stuck.

I wonder if this often happens, and I'm just not aware of it?

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I just keep finding more things for Bryony to do, don't I? I know where Chapter Eight ends, and we're not there yet. We should be tomorrow, and I might even begin Chapter Nine. We'll just have to see what happens next!

Today's Total: 1,758 / 1,689 words (104.1%)
Dec. Progress to Date: 1,758 / 1,689 words (104.1%, 0.0 days ahead)
Dec. Total Progress: 1,758 / 33,780 (5.2%)