1748 words 11/4

I had a really good night writing wise...I really do like my story a lot.
Normally introverted, my main character Jace finally opened up about his father's illness and how his mother leaving angered him.
Pretty good for a rough, rough draft.
Total word count as of 11/4. 9522

11/3 Update 1042 words

Okay.....Not the goal I intended for tonight which was for 1700 but the third chapter was hard to start. Still not crazy about the description at the beginning, but i'l definitely fix that after NaNo is over. knowing me probably before....

Total count for three days. 7,754

11/2 NaNo Update 2055 words oh yeah!

Total word count for Day Two 2,055! Making total word count so far 6712

The story is coming along very very well. Especially the dialogue. Writing for a character like Jace is a lot of fun because his wit just bites. The dynamic between he and Sara is great.
The only thing I wish now is that I started the story with how they actually got together in the beginning.
Chapter 2 ended for me on a therapeutic note.
I wasn't going to write about terminal illness at the moment due to my father's recent death. But for some reason the sub-plot in this story needed to be told and so far it's been great.
I know i promised an excerpt but I'm just too tired.
Good night!

Meet Jace and Sara

Meet Jace McKinnon...

Sexy, overly confident with a short temper. Jace, at the moment has a lot on his plate these days. Captain of his Junior League Hockey Team, called the Haverton Mustangs, Jace is on track to become a top draft pick for the NHL.
But will an ill father, mounting medical bills and relationship that won't die, end his ability to focus on what's important?


Sara Reilly



Headstrong and just as stubborn as her ex-boyfriend. Sara's concern for her ex boyfriend, is making her lose focus on placing in Regionals. A favorite to win and go onto the National Championships, will she also put her hopes one the line for Jace?

NaNo Status 11/1

Wow what a day!
I'm very proud for my first 24 hrs of NaNo to have gone so well. At 8 o clock, I ended with a word count of 4,657 words.

Not bad for person who listened to her inner editor at the last minute and changed her story plans all together.

So no paranormal werewolf story or dragon story.

This story is a contemporary romance called "On the Line" about a Junior hockey player named Jace McKinnon, who while dealing with a cancer stricken father and dealing with the pressures of leading his team to victory at the annual Haverton Falls Classic, has fallen in love with his best friend's sister named Sara Reilly, who in her own right is a favorite to win at her Regional championship, held in their fictional hometown of Haverton Falls, New York.

The two are two opposites that attract. They argue over everything, regardless of how little or small the problem is. When they're together it is good, very good. When they aren't, god help the people around them both.

The story without giving much away, begins a year after they break up. When both with weeks to spare are training for their respective competitions.


Here's a look at the main characters.

Here we go!

50,000 words in a month. Crazy huh?
I think the longest story i wrote years ago was back in high school. I do believe it was around 40,000 words.
It was a sappy teen angst romance. Nothing big...But i loved my characters.

I remember when I started that story. I was fifteen. It was on a Saturday where for once i had nothing to do. I got an idea in my head and then i began to write.
And Write...And write.
I wrote where ever, whenever, even when i wasn't supposed to.
Never had that happened to me before.
As I looked at the manuscript earlier this week all typed and double spaced, it may not have been so great, but I remember the feeling of working on something so hard and creating characters that you hope that all could relate to and loving every minute of it.
It was sad when my characters story stopped with The End.
But as their story stopped, another one opens.
This is my first time entering National Novel Writing Month. It's a contest that kind of tests your limits in what you can do writing-wise.
In my opinion, its a you vs. you type of thing.
Pretty much, you have to write a very, very rough draft of a 50,000 word novel in 30 days.

Sound easy? Not really...Mix in real life, a huge family holiday in Thanksgiving, HS reunion weekend (not attending, but hope to see some long-time friends that weekend) the usual writers block and times where want to write, blah, blah, blah... craziness...

Call me a hot mess!!

It starts offically in 2 hrs.
Every day, i'll post a blog along w/a word count to let everyone know how i'm doing.
Tomorrow, (providing that have not collapsed from sleep deprivation! LOL) i'll tell you all what i'm working on!

Love you all.

xoxo Shell

Getting back into the swing of things

Feeling so much better.
So much that I'm going to try National Writing Month in Nov.
For the month of Nov, all of you can see if I can reach my goal of writing 50,000 words in a month.

I've plotted out the story i'm going to do as best I can. It'll be fun to see if I can stay focused and reach the goal.

All in the binder, all the notes are as ready as they can be.

However, before NaNo, there's a paranormal x-mas story that i'm nearly done with that i'd like to submit before it's Nov. 1st deadline.

Back to tell you soon if I get it done.

So far, i'm 4000 words into 5k-7,000 goal.

Later all! :)