I figured that I would share something that crossed my mind earlier this evening instead of whining about my lack of writing.

I was outside and I realized that the fact that I've written over 21,000 words on anything is impressive. Add in the fact that there's still a lot of the story line left to be written and I'm completely blown away. When I got the idea years ago that I wanted to write a book, I got it stuck in my head that I wouldn't be able to string that many words together. I had no idea how an author came up with enough words to create an entire book and keep it interesting.

You know, I think I understand now. With the right idea, it's not all that difficult to do.

Over the past 2 days, I haven't done much writing. My characters kept doing weird things which would then spark an idea that would "get them out of" the problem they found themselves in. It led to more of the story line which would be added later as my MC started to piece things together. So, while I haven't written a lot on the current section of my book, important pieces started to fall into place. The biggest one fell into place at 2 this morning. The entire reason WHY everything else was happening. That was a rather important piece, don't you think?

With that, I've felt a fairly strong urge to write all day today. Now, to block out my family and just write, huh? It might be a lot easier now that I know the why behind it all. I know the final piece of the puzzle. What I don't know is how my characters are going to react to it. So, it's still exciting for me.

Well, I'm going to head on out now. I can barely concentrate with a remote control car running behind me and a kid attempting to wrestle with his father. I really need to get out of the house soon. LOL Tomorrow night is our regional write-in at a local Starbucks. Maybe I'll join them again. Though I wonder if I could be a little bit more "anti-social" and sit by myself after the initial greeting. Oh, and I wonder if DH would let me take his laptop? He probably will. He's wonderful like that.