NaNo 2006 Day 15: Halfway November 15, 2006
While I’m not quite haflway yet, the day is young. I find I write faster and longer in the mornings, so that’s what I did this morning. At night, I’m tired and distracted and it’s harder to sit still for that long.
The story is coming along. I’m almost to the point where I don’t know what happens next, except that there’s a naughty milkmaid in there somewhere, and an angry mob. But that’s not until much later. On Sunday night, I wrote a dialogue between two characters, including a line I stole from a sp*m email. It’s perfect for the situation, and I only had to modify it slightly. This morning I wrote a conversation between two characters which included a detailed explaination of what a flux capacitor is and what it does. I haven’t the faintest clue if it makes sense, but years and years of watching Star Trek in all its many variations has made me good at making my characters sound like they know what they’re talking about.
If I’m still coherent when I get home tonight, I’ll put together a page of excerpts.
I think the flux capacitor is from back to the future, it was the glowy Y thingy in the car that made it able to drive through time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flux_capacitor