70,000 words....

...and on we go. It has been a bit of a slog trying to get back into a rythmn. I'm always easily distracted at best of times but after a couple of weeks off picking up has been hard work.

I found that all chapter 17 has been really just two characters talking to each other. I managed to think of a good enough reason to change that and bring in other characters and a part of the story that was otherwise only being referred to but that is still the core of it. I really not sure if I'm happy about it, certainly happier since i changed it. Although it did mean sitting down away from keyboard with notebook and seeing how it affected what i down before and planned for after.

It did change some stuff, but only a little and i not had to do anything drastic with the current plan. It'll do for the now, with luck it'll fill the structural requirements and when i read over it hopefully can improve some of the dialogue make it if not actually fizz, then maybe bubble gently and not seem like a slow bit of talky nonsense.