NaNoWriMo Update: 75% and back to the same book…sort of

I stole a few minutes today to write a little more while my husband was mucking about with Windows 7 on my new computer (more about the new computer later which is my first new computer since college so I am very excited about that).

I am at the 75% done marker! Well, at least, I am on my wordcount calculator. Apparently the potato is using a different system of rounding so the heck with him.

You know how I said I was leaving my book for now and going to write something else to finish NaNo? Well, I lied. Sort of.

I have a really good short story idea that would have easily taken me through the rest of my word count but I was still very much in the mindset of this book so I was thinking about it a good deal despite my best efforts not to.

All this thinking forced me to think about the “bad guys” a bunch and, long story short, I decided to write a few chapters from their perspective. This will not be a part of the book I just finished, mind you, rather I think it will simply be the first part of a sequel I am thinking about, but it seems productive to write it all the same. After all, the more I learn about the story on both sides, the better I can make the book I just finished so it will be helpful in the end no matter what.

Also? Loving these characters.

I just came up with this two specific characters yesterday where I had just pictured general evil dudes before so they have opened up a whole new train of thought that I am really excited about. So it’s given me that “just started NaNoWriMo” feeling of creativity even though I am technically still on the same book. Sort of.

Yeah so chugging along. So much work to do this weekend so this is probably the last chance I’ll have to write for a few days while I catch up on my pesky “real life” but I am really feeling this new addition so hopefully it will go quickly.

Are things heating up for you on this final stretch?