Happy Wednesday! I almost forgot to post. I’m doing this quick before dinner.
The middle school musical went well over the weekend. What a great bunch of kids! Small cast, but everyone stepped up and made it happen. I am so proud of my younger child, who did an amazing job.
I’m plugging away at Tree of Life, but between the musical and other things, I don’t think I’ll reach 50k and “win” NaNoWriMo. That’s okay. I made some good breakthroughs with this novel, and I know what I want from it now. I have thoughts on it, but not stuff to share in this particular post.
This snippet follows right on from last week’s, in which we left Luke and Jax saying goodbye with their bodies. That’s as explicit as it gets in this story.
WIPmath: 11/21/2018 = 2 + 1 = 3 paragraphs
When they’ve both found release, Luke feels hollowed out. Empty and blank, like a scrapbook page waiting to be filled. He knows now that Jax won’t be the one to do it. He lies there on the living room floor, running a sweaty hand through his blond hair. Jax is half on top of him, gasping, their cheek pressed against Luke’s nipple.
They sit up abruptly, grinning. “Call him, hot stuff.” They smack Luke’s hip and rise from the floor.
Luke props himself on his elbows, watching Jax’s firm, round ass as they gather their clothes and head for the bathroom, a sway in their step. Reality cuts through the last of his post-sex high as he sits up. For a few minutes, he sits with his arms wrapped around his knees, staring at his phone on the tray table. It wouldn’t take long. A simple yes or no, that’s all he has to provide.
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Congrats to your kiddo for their role in the show. Also, congrats on finding out what you want from this lovely story. That’s always such a great feeling.
Thanks! 🙂 For the first time, younger kiddo wasn’t in her big brother’s shadow, which was really good for her.
It does feel good to make progress with a story’s arc, that’s for sure. Let’s see if it holds!
So, is he going to call? *watches this space intently* 😀
I’ll let you know next week. 😉
Sounds to me like you’ve already “won” NaNoWriMo if you got words written and found your direction in the myriad plot possibilities that lay out there. Given how easy it is to overwrite something that will need severe editing and rewriting in the throes of a NaNo, you’ve been given a chance to writer slower but with more clarity.
A real victory….
And like Fallon said… who is Luke going to call? Inquiring minds and all that. 😉