Flying! [Day 5]

Project Threesome: 5 831 words (me), 15 028 words (all)
Project Hero: 11 697 words

Both projects are going rather well, I'd say! Freo has been having a ton of fun with Mouse, and the political part of the story is beginning to shine through. Don't ask me why, but I find politics - in real life, and in books - to be fascinating. The interactions and the conniving and one-upmanship, I love watching it all unfold and analysing the moves as they're made. Don't get me wrong, I'd be crap at making the next move, but telling you why that guy made that move, that's what I'm good at. The Empire trilogy by Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts is my absolute favourite political fantasy; the main character becomes head of her family when it's at its lowest point, and by the time she's an old woman in the third book, it's the most prominent family in the Empire. Now that's fascinating. I can only hope our political subplot will be anything like that.

Of course, the next Mitz part might be some time in coming. A week or two ago, Sin bashed her thumb against a table or something like that, and she suspected it was broken or severely sprained. However she doesn't have the funds to go to the hospital, so she's just left it. And of course it's gotten worse. She can barely type at this stage. Freo suggested Sin dictate Mitz's part to her over Skype. I hope we end up doing something like that. We need Mitz's part. He's the glue that holds Mouse and Snooze together.

As for Project Hero, that took another leap forward today. Since the characters are based on my friends (even to the extent of sharing their names, though that's just for the first draft), they seem to just waltz out onto the page with no help from me. There's a hilarious part where one of the characters thinks the main character is coming onto her, and her reaction is just so what my friend would do that I can hear her voice and see her hands on her hips in my head. It's just - excellent. I love it when that happens. When it all comes together like that. Anyway, tomorrow the hero, the ogre and the witch (what a power trio!) will visit the Swamp of the Night Lily to find their guide on the next part of their quest. Mwahahaha.

Procrastination really is the devil, though. I wrote a good three thousand words on Project Hero, then headed over to my friend (who is the main character in the story) to show him the newest parts. Then I didn't leave his block of college for another, oh, five hours. When I left I had computer pokemon and Merlin season one in my possession, and I've been playing pokemon for a good three hours. I only stopped because my wrist started to hurt. WHY AM I NOT STUDYING. If I'm not writing I should at least be studying. I have exams in a week! Procrastination is the devil, I tell you. Yikes.

Here's hoping we figure out something to get Sin back on the wagon tomorrow. I'm hankering for a nice long Mitzy exposition. But I'm also hankering for Mouse being affectionate towards Snooze and that is not happening any time soon, so. We'll see what we'll see.