Word Count: I write dialogue.

First, I crossed the 30,000 word mark this evening. The goal is to write at least 55,000. Simple math says I’ve got 25,000 words to go.

What will I write another 25,000 words about?

I’ve discovered in this writing (6,000 words since November 02), that I write dialogue. And inner monologue. I hear my characters’ conversations as if they’re sitting at the table across from me in the donut shop, walking ahead on my on 7th Street, standing waiting for the same elevator.

Inner monologue also comes pretty easily to me. I really can “read” my characters’ thoughts. I’m their heads with them.

Where I struggle is describing what’s happening around them. The grocery store, the living room, the wherever. I struggle to see it, and to see what’s going on. For example, I’ll say my character is on the bus, or in a library, but whether people are chattering as they ride long, or checking out books, I couldn’t tell you.

Thus I think some large portion of the next 25,000 words will be dedicated to describing the scenes, the buildings, the “B roll,” if you will of writing.

Wish me luck.