Kat's Tales

Sorry this is later than I'd wanted it to be. Got side-tracked by stuff and now Hubs wants to go shopping. And since we still haven't had dinner, we're eating out. Again. ::grins::

Here is today's prompt:

Keep the Faith--This card begins by sharing the fact that novelist Amy Bender keeps her writing desk surrounded by a dozen synonyms for the word "faith." She does this to remind herself that no matter how confusing her story might seem at the moment, its point will eventually become clear; it always does. It then goes on to challenge you to make and post a sign that will help *you* remember that everything will work out great in the end.

BTW, for anyone interested, these are coming from No Plot? No Problem! The Kit!. It's also available at major bookstores. I know that if you purchase from them directly the proceeds are split 50/50, going toward helping run the NaNoWriMo website and building children's libraries in Viet Nam; not sure if that's the case if you buy from the bookstores.

Now I'm dashing out for a bit to eat and some shopping. Then I'm going to come home and get my 2000+ words for the day so I can reward myself with watching Thought Crimes later. (Thanks HUGELY much, theyllek!!)

This one seems to have been made just for me. For it to come today, of all days, is really kind of freaky. (I'll explain after the prompt.)

Prompt for the day:
Onward!--This card tells the story of a famous mountain climber, Joe Simpson. He's famous because of a horrendous experience he had during a climb in 1985. Joe shattered his leg on a snowy, stormy, descent. He fell hundreds of feet and landed on ledge overlooking the maw of an ice crevase. Remaining on the ledge didn't seem to be a good choice, but the only place he could go was down into the crevasse; getting back out would be impossible. His thought at that point: "You gotta keep making decisions. Even if they're wrong decisions. If you don't make decisions, you're stuffed." It goes on to say that Simpson made it off that mountain with all of his limbs intact, and that we should "take his good advice to heart" during this whole week. "Resist the impulse to sit back and ponder. Keep moving forward."

Those last two sentences are what really hit home for me. I was doing exactly this after hitting that halfway point last night. An idea hit me while I was in the shower for my MC's future, which would be another novel. But then I kept thinking about this all afternoon, how this developement might affect my character now, instead of sitting down to write again. It was kind of spooky that this card came up at exactly this time.

The card and the kit that it comes in can be found here:
No Plot? No Problem! The Kit!

Anyway, I'm getting ready to pack up and head out to the Write-In for tonight. To anyone else who is doing NaNo and reading this, go go go go GO! I need some company in the halfway club, so I challenge you to match my progress--it's lonely here. :(

Happy writing!!

::grins::