25,000 Words

[osprey_archer]

Yesterday I hit 25,000 words on my NaNo. The month isn’t even half over yet and I’m already halfway there! Although of course now that I’ve said this, there’s still half a month in which the story could run off the rails and I could fail NaNoWriMo yet again.

I don’t really think it will, though. I’ve finished the flashback part (20,000 words about their friendship in junior high. I hope it’s not too long. I just got inspired), and now I’m working on the present-day part, in which Ashlin and Olivia, now in college, run into each other quite by accident when Olivia is on a college-sponsored trip to Florence with her art history class.

Can they rebuild their friendship? And perhaps kindle… something more???? In between stuffing themselves with gelato and tiny cups of coffee and those delectable waffles slathered with Nutella that they sell around the Florence city center?

My working title is Ashlin & Olivia. Unless a really brilliant alternative occurs to me, I believe I’ll keep it.

Comments

[marycatelli]

Hurrah!

[marycatelli]

Meanwhile, up to 20,100 today, myself.

[osprey_archer]

Onward and upward!

[duskpeterson]

Congratulations on your hard work!

[osprey_archer]

Thank you!

[asakiyume]

The names Ashlin and Olivia are both beautiful. A title with those two names is a good title!

[osprey_archer]

It's euphonious, which is what you want in a title a lot of the time, I think. I'm envisioning a cover with two girls holding hands and maybe snow.

[kore]

Aww, like "Chloe liked Olivia"! Neat.

[osprey_archer]

I'm hoping that readers who notice this allusion find it charming rather than too bang on the nose. We'll see!

[thisbluespirit]

Oh, well done! Good luck with the rest - it certainly sounds as though you will have a good novel out of it fairly soon anyway, even if it should somehow falter before the end of NaNo. (And no reason it should!)

[osprey_archer]

The bigger concern at this point is that it will grow too long to finish in a month, but I thiiiiink I'm going to be able to rein it in enough to keep it in bounds. Fingers crossed!

[thisbluespirit]

Well, you'll still have won NaNo, anyway, but good luck with keeping it under control!