So Con Shirt continues along on its merry way. With the exception of one day this week, I’ve managed between 1k and 1400 per day. Most days that means one scene, but this book has some oddly short ones that come in as low as 504 words, which actually made up the sum total of a whole chapter. I have come up with something that requires changes to numerous scenes, just a bit of seeding misdirection, but otherwise the book is writing in a straight, linear fashion. I’ve added several scenes ahead, but have not felt the need to add anything behind where the writing has reached. We’ll see if it continues.

Oh, and I’m having a hard time dealing with the overall word count. I’d like to see the book reach at least 70k when I’m done with this draft, and it’s been fluctuating between 65k and 70k for a while. I’m not quite sure why that’s so. It has two POV characters, an armload of threads twisting and twining about each other, and a lot going on. And yet in part because of the many short scenes, it just isn’t showing the length I’d expected.

Well, we’ll have to see. There’s still almost 30k to write and a lot could change in that time. Already a couple scenes have become two scenes instead of staying as one, and it’s possible I’ll need to add more in between the big events that are coming up.

Really, this book is insane. From conception to past half way in less than a month, and a month when I’ve been absorbed in massive projects that ate up almost every spare hour. I just hope the book lives up to its promise because I’m really having fun with it :).

And stats:
New Words: 1,302 words
67 scenes
24 chapters
41 complete – 61% of the novel
26 Scenes remain
27,690 Remaining word count
71,355 Estimated length – with an average of 1,065 words per scene.
43,665 Current Total