20k - I'm there.

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Well, I reached 20k today, and it felt so damn good. I was in the Law Library across Amsterdam, sitting at a little desk with a really comfy red chair, and, being 'in the mood', set about writing. When I crossed that line, man, I just felt so very nice. I was smiling, in my cubicle, by myself, in the midst of the incredible silence that is that place. I couldn't help it. It's a big line to have crossed.

And so, naturally, I rewarded myself with something that probably helped reduce my lifetime by a few months - a delicious grilled chicken combo #5 from HamDel. Oh, that place... It will send me to an early grave. None of the stuff I've gotten there even has lettuce on it.

I need more ideas about the ending. I feel like I'm actually in a position to start making it happen, but I want to bring it about in the right way. Also, I am puzzling over a severe problem with my style when I write about the actions that happen between characters. Like Cathy said, "I feel like I'm writing really terrible stage directions." That's a problem, especially since it so stands out from the rest of the narration which is, essentially, all about things happening on the inside of the characters, or describing really personal actions that they take when they are by themselves. It's really difficult, for me at least, to take my characters from their personal vaccuums and make them all interact with each other. I haven't figured it out yet.

But, I hit a marker. Almost half way.