writing book three

So, I’ve entered into this great thing called National Novel Writing Month, like I said I would do last year. It took me the whole weekend but I caught up to where I need to be.

The book is cool. In fact, I think it rocks. I like it a lot. Here are the first few paragraphs, which don’t give you an idea AT ALL about what is going to happen.

And, I wrote 8600 words in five days. 86 fucking hundred fucking words. yay me.

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yes, it was a town. and yes, there was a castle a bove. and yes, in the castle sat a wizard. and yes, below, in the town, there were people mulling about.

yes, yes, you may have heard the story before. but dear friend: there is so much to be learned from the difference between what we think we know and what we actually know.

because even given the simplicity of the scenario, the people mulling about in the town were so sure of their surroundings and their way of life that they continuously missed the fact that a castle, with a wizard, loomed large above their town. it was an undisputed truth, yet it was an unaccounted for reality.