NaNoWriMo: Day 3
# of Words Today – 2272
# of Words This Week – n/a
Total Wordcount: 8443
# of Active Characters – 7, plus a roomful of bit parts, a junior arsonist, and four magic-wielding thugs
# of Points of View – 1
# of Days with No Nanoing – 0
# of Betrayals – 0
# of Deaths – 1
# of Is This Love? Moments – 1
# of Spells Cast – 15
# of Epiphanies – 1
* borrowed / adapted from karenchii
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Today’s Unexpected Events:
Interrupted a deathbed vigil to arrest a crying girl, lie to an old man, and beat up some teenage punks.
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Stuff I Didn’t Know I Needed to Know:
do thuggish young sorcerers still punch? or is it all, you know, “Accio my fist in your face, beeyotch!”?
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I Am Disappoint:
Seriously considered burning down a house with a disabled old man in it today.
.. in the story, I mean. *ahem*
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Darling of the Day:
Good and active writing, but there was nothing beautiful or even funny. Tomorrow’s menu includes high drama and friendly character mockery, so maybe some good will come of that.
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Highlights of Tomorrow:
Inter-party drama!
Betrayal by supervisors!
The hero stops running from the call of adventure!
Yesterday I said “he might be a Gary Stu.” Well, I ran through The Universal Mary Sue Litmus Test (he scored a 7 – not a Sue! Woo!), and realized my understanding of how characters *should* act has improved significantly since I found the test a year or two ago. So that was nice in an ego-boosting sort of way.
Yesterday I also said “he’s not nearly as much Alan Rickman as I’d like.” This remains true, but now I plan to
a) spend some time trying to pinpoint exactly what aspects of Mr Rickman I want to exploit.. er.. include;
b) study and attempt to describe those aspects from examples;
c) care less about whether or not he resembles anyone at all.
Oh, and also, used my first Hungarian swear word today: fascz kivan!
Update tomorrow!
