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5000 words, at the beach, beach, character, character's story, cold water, Creative Writing, Delores Umbridge, driving, Harry Potter, hot day, new project, new vehicle, Order of the Phoenix, rain, storm, Toronto Blue Jays, trailer, underappreciated, warm sand, Writing
Yesterday I drove off to the trailer for the first time as the weather was going to be hot but not too stable in the precipitation category… I had a good drive up, we got to the beach, stuck my toes in the warm sand and then in the water… it wasn’t as icy as I thought it would be. Now I can’t imagine going into the lake like others may have done… passed a group of people quickly heading back to their car carrying a laundry basket of towels and wearing nothing but bathing suits. YIKES!
We made it back to the trailer and even managed a walk but the dark clouds were already parking themselves over the lake and getting darker with each passing moment.
It did, however, allow me to spend time with my notebook writing!
I had written a portion of a character’s story in another notebook and I had reached the point where I needed to start adding her into my story so there I was going back and forth adding her story while my parents slept and the Blue Jays did their job on TV.
Then the rains started and I ended up driving home in it. Oh that was fun. I don’t usually drive too far in that much rain and certainly not at high speeds.
It slowed about 45 minutes into the drive but the wipers were going the entire time. Of course I was driving a new vehicle so all of what I was feeling was unusual and I had no idea if it was the rain, roads, or the vehicle responding. Sigh!
I have sat this morning and managed to cross the 5,000 word line! Of course that’s exciting… it is for every writer every time!
But, well, as I am writing I received a text message that led me wonder why I do things I do, often for other people, and it goes totally unnoticed? I did what I did yesterday because another person stated that he was going to do something but then decided to do that today now? I really need to remember to write some of these things into what I write, or at least the emotion of it.
Feeling pretty lonely today with only my writing as company… I shouldn’t say that… Space is running a Harry Potter marathon so I’m happy to have it on even though it is Order of the Phoenix and Delores Umbridge is grating on my nerves as she always does. That woman needed to have something HORRIBLE happen to her.
All the best today my friends!