Today I completed the second block of my novel, which covers everything in the school year from Halloween to Christmas. I am rather pleased and a little shocked that I blew through all that material in just a little under five weeks. It's certainly encouraging.
I am feeling a little relieved now that I'm past the "romance cluster," not because I don't love me some romance, just because I have concerns about whether or not it's too much of a distraction from the story in progress. I know the significance these relationships will play in the greater arc of the novel, but I might be too close to the work to see it with an objective eye. I suppose my beta readers will let me know.
I'll be spending the next few days polishing those chapters up for said beta readers, and then will move onto the third block, which will cover January and February, and I'm looking forward to it, because this is the place where the shit seriously hits the fan. This is where the story starts to take some serious twists and turns and characters start to make some very interesting (if not wise) choices.
I cannot fucking wait.
Go me! First draft is 40% complete!
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