Writing update! Wrote by hand today with exceptional results; broke 40k.

I sat down and wrote by hand to day with exceptional success. Finally using a blank lined book I've been sitting on for about a year, now, and it's a pleasure to write in. But moreover, I think I may have to write by hand more often. It is a little more time-consuming because I have to type it up after, but it's worth it: the trade off is that the writing comes faster and smoother and that there are far fewer distractions. I used to write all my drafts by hand, everything from fanfiction (including every bloody word of The Bonded) as well as essays for school. I stopped because of the time lost in typing up handwritten work, but now I find it hard to believe that I did. Handwriting is far more fluid for me. The daily 1k words came in about an hour and a half, rather than the usual minimum of three hours that it usually takes. Moreover—this was a section I was having problems with, and it yet came out as easily as my favorite completed parts of the story. Now that, I think, is a good sign.

But I'm really writing mostly to say that I broke 40k today. That's about 170 pages and, while not a huge gigantic landmark, is still a significant one, and I'm happy with it—and look forward to the next, what? 60k+ of the book.

Wordcount: 40,975 (actually a bit more, but I haven't typed up the rest).

Previous Accomplishments: Conquered the verbal battle and with much success at that; have introduced some doubt and a whiff of danger.

Upcoming Challenges: Developing a new pacing style for the long time in short text that follows next. Oh, and my characters could still use names, as we can add SISTER to the list of the unnamed.

Currently Reading: The Robber Bride, Margret Atwood.