#original draft wc: 25k

[sixeyesonathiel]

i wish i can multitask and write multiple wips at the same time 👹

[helvelloides]

NANOWRIMO CHECK IN - DAY 6

What I’m working on: The Adventures of Plum & Cat

Goal WC: 50,000

Current WC: 22,934

Hello, hello! I return with yet another update, one day closer to the halfway point of my goal wc. I’m very excited to say that I will pretty much definitely be hitting 25k tomorrow, meaning I’ll be halfway to 50k only 7 chapters into my wip. Of course, not all of it is actually stuff that’s even going into the finished first draft, as I am also counting stuff from scrapped chapters. Like the first version of chapter 6, or the original chapter 7.

Speaking of, I made an executive decision to go off my outline a bit and remove my original chapter 7 completely from the story. As, while writing it I just didn’t feel like it really served any purpose, and worked just as well as an ending to chapter 6 as it would’ve its own chapter. So now I’m finally getting to the real meat of my story, where we learn about magic! Very exciting if you ignore the fact that I have little clue on how this world’s magic system works.

Still, there’s always more work to be done, and so little time to do the work. So, until tomorrow, I shall get my sleep so that I can return on with a fresh set of eyes.

(Excerpt under the cut...)

The effect of her thoughts grew a little weaker when the flashlight began to flicker.

Faintly, she could hear her brother grumbling as he whacked the flashlight against his palm. She, however, was a little distracted by something else.

She hadn’t seen it before the flashlight, and couldn’t see it while the flashlight was shining forwards, but with the flashlight turned away from her she could see it now, perfectly clear. The two glowing dots off in the distance. Staring right back at her.

It was then, with perfect clarity, that she remembered what Aunt Rue had made them promise. She had said to never go into the woods, no matter what. 

Now she wished she had asked a few more questions, pushed a bit more as to why the woods were so off limits. As it was, though, all she could do was reach back and call for her brother, never once taking her eyes off the thing in front of her.

“Cat?” She loudly whispered, repeating herself when the first time didn’t get his attention.

“Sorry, this stupid thing just died for some reason. Should’ve brought extra batteries-” She cut off his words with a hush. “-What’s up with you? You’re not usually scared of the dark.”

She tried to hit him without looking back, desperate to get him to just shut up and listen. “Cat, I need you to be quiet and do something for me.”

She heard him sigh, and could practically see the way he probably rolled his eyes. “Alright, fine. What do you want me to do, weirdo?”

“When I say go,” She began. Already taking a few careful steps back, till she could grab his arm. “I need you to start running in the opposite direction.”