20,000 words!

I have reached 20,000 words and it feels great!  I really have the snowflake method to thank for this progress as it has kept me on track.

There were times during my writing when I became lost or bored and I didn't want to keep writing.  Because I knew where my plot was basically going, I skipped ahead to a scene that was more interesting and could come back to the other scene when I had some inspiration to finish it.

It's really made the whole experience way more enjoyable then it has ever been before when I attempted to write a book (attempted and failed because I was bored with it).  It feels like I've been playing a video game.  Do you remember those old infocom games where it was all text and you had to type in commands?  That's what the writing process has been like.  I feel excited when I write (most of the time-and if I don't feel excited, I go and do something else or write a different scene).  I keep wondering what's going to happen next.  It's not that I don't know the plot of my story, I had 25 pages worth of notes written before I even started, but how that plot plays out, what the little details are, and the unexpected changes in the plot keep it exciting.  For example, with all the outlining and character development I've done, the main character has slipped into the background and a different character that I never even planned has clawed his way to the forefront.  The same major events are still occurring, but there's many unexpected twists and turns.

I look forward to writing because I want to know the end of the story!  Is it going to be what I had in mind or will the characters hijack it as this new character has done?  It's a mystery.