NaNoWriMo – Day Twenty-Six
posted by: ShonBaconThe words called me.
That’s all I can say about today. This afternoon, I decided to write. The goal? To write SOMETHING, hopefully at least 2k.
Well, I did more than 2k, and it’s really because of the story and the emotions swirling around me today. Thanksgiving is tomorrow, and it’s always been a personal holiday for me – a time to get together with family, to break bread, to state what we’re thankful for, to laugh, to create memories that would hold us until the next year’s festivities.
I’ve been thinking a lot about those memories, which have nothing to do with the novel. What does is the personal aspect. My NaNo project – The Fixer – came about through personal issues. I was all set to write two screenplays during NaNo, but a week before NaNo began, I was feeling tired and angsty and tired of feeling angsty, and God told me to write the story. He knew that I often used my words as a cathartic act and whether this story would ever see the light of day in the publishing world (I wish), it would help ME to get through some issues.
Most of today’s writing was not even close to being real – except for my six-year-old self drinking beer with my Pop Pop while sitting in his truck and waiting for my mom and grandma to finish grocery shopping – but it made me think of family, think of the dysfunctionality of families, and how the best families are those that acknowledge the dysfunctionality and connect and love one another despite it.
Family kept me writing today. Dreams, memories, and fractured truths kept me writing today.
And on the eve of a day where we talk about what we’re thankful for, I’ll say I’m grateful for those things that kept me writing.
Have a safe, happy, blessed Thanksgiving.
Today’s word count: 4,876
Overall word count: 63,879
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