Paper Flowers.

Currently have 29,357 words today. *Rubs wrists* Jesus. Anyway, I think I did pretty good today. Not as good as yesterday, but still pretty good. Mostly wrote the scene with Mara having to leave Hoth, and I think I had some good stuff in there -- Mara sparing the life of an Imperial soldier, for example, and some bits involving Terminus trying to atone for what he did. I'm probably going to write the turret sequence tomorrow, which I admit I'm the most excited for. 

Currently have 21,247 words. *Rubs wrists* Anyway, the Battle of Hoth is nearly underway (I mean it this time!) and I don't know how good I got into Ventress' head this time around (although she did get in some pretty good zingers at Ozzel, which was fun to write), but I think I got into her mindset okay, all things considered. Also, Piett finally enters the picture. I'm looking forward to writing the guy in the future; he was always one of my favorite Empire Strikes Back characters. Mostly because he seemed like one of the only people in the fleet who wasn't really a dick, but kind of a decent guy (from what we saw of him) that happened to be on the wrong side. According to his actor, that was actually intentional, because, as he put it, that's what audiences respond to, the humanity. (Which I quite agree with) And it definitely adds a sense of depth to the Imperial fleet considering most of what we saw in A New Hope (great characters as those in the fleet were) were kind of dickheads, mostly. (Very oddly colorful dickheads, that said!) I thought it was nice to have someone like Piett on the opposing side to add a bit of depth.

Which I think is important, not just for the main villains, but their mooks too, because mooks are pretty much overlooked in the villain department. That's actually something that, replaying KOTOR, I actually really appreciate because the Sith on Taris...one thing I noticed about the Sith on Taris is that they're never really portrayed as one-dimensional (then again, even though Taris is a bitch of a planet to deal with, one nice thing I can say about it is that very few of the bit characters are one-dimensional; they're all pretty colorful and memorable). Nasty pieces of work, yeah, but it's pretty clear that they're not really happy to be on Taris either (as shown by Sarna if you're playing as a guy, and Yun Genda if you're playing as a girl, as well as the Sith guarding the turbolifts to the Lower City and the Undercity, and the Sith patrols you encounter in the Undercity). Perhaps it's just me, but I sort of got this Malak-doesn't-pay-us-enough-to-deal-with-this-shit vibe from some of the Sith on Taris (even if there are some of them that are just sadistic jerks).

I dunno. I think it's definitely good to add some depth to all your villains, including the sort of average-villain-footsoldiers people. I think it makes things more interesting, both for the heroes, and for understanding the villains. (If that makes any sense)

So, next writing session, the Battle of Hoth begins. The evacuation, the ground battle, stuff like that. Have to say...I think I'm pretty damn psyched for this! 

Currently have 16,968 words so far. Whew. Let's say that doing some writing has been a pretty good antidote to certain things that have happened recently, including a bit of a nightmare that I had that actually made me scared to go back to sleep for a while. Right now, I wrote Ventress talking to the Emperor before making her preparations to go to Hoth (which, yeah, still kind of set-up-y, but I'm also pretty excited because it means that the real action is just beginning to kick in). I'm pretty psyched to, among other things, have Ventress actively be plotting to overthrow the Emperor and sort of going a bit cunning and such (and adding a bit of humor in there, such as Ventress saying she doesn't get the appeal of pazaak/sabaac-like games). It's kind of weird considering Week 2 is usually the week where things start getting harder, but right now, I think this is the first time I actually have some sort of idea what I'm doing. 

Won NaNoWriMo at 64,304 words. *Sighs in relief* Completely sore, but worth every moment. :) I'm definitely going to miss the mad writing process, TBH. Might post it if possible. Overall? Loved it. :)

The good news is that I've currently got 51,504 words thus far. The bad news is that I'm nowhere near the end of the story, and it's nearly the end of the month. *Headdesks* Hopefully I can do it (I mean, two more days left, right?), but still...I'll admit I'm a bit worried. 

Currently have 47,424 words so far. *Rubs wrists blearily* Not sure how well I wrote the battle between Grievous and Dooku (battle scenes aren't really my strong suit. I think my problem is that my brain comes up with these huge ideas for battles and whatnot, and the problem is really living up to these ideas. *Sighs* I guess a good tip in the future is to just keep it simple. Or at least break it down into little steps and whatnot; that'll definitely help), but I kind of liked getting into Palpatine's mindset. Let's say that my Palpatine -- he kind of has these delusions that he's a Well-Intentioned Extremist and whatnot, but in all honesty...he's kind of an asshole, really, for lack of a better word. It's kind of how I see canon!Palpatine, really. Palpatine's just weirdly fun to write, and yet at the same time, part of me kind of wants to crawl under the bed. Still a lot of fun, though, and a damn good bad guy. :) I mean, you've definitely got to respect, at least in a way, a guy who knows how to pull the strings. And who lays on the Large Ham like there's no tomorrow. ;-) Even though I hate what he did to Anakin and the others, the guy's still one of my favorite characters, if only because he's a kickass bad guy. :)

And then there's the matter of Dooku. Decided to kind of give him some last words to Padme to deliver to Yoda, about Order 66 beginning. Because in the end, Dooku wasn't really out for power or whatnot; hell, Lucas and Christopher Lee said it themselves that to the end, Dooku thought he was doing the right thing. Which really makes his death in REVENGE OF THE SITH kind of tragic, really.

(I'll admit, Dooku's another one of my favorite characters. He's just so complex and layered. And he's played by Christopher Lee, so that's also a plus. :) Let's say that ever since I first saw the LORD OF THE RINGS movies, I've been a Christopher Lee fan. He's just awesome. :3)

So yeah -- not really sure how well I wrote the battle scene (not helped by the fact that I'm kind of tired, admittedly), but this chapter was still a lot of fun to write. Really sad to see Dooku and Grievous go, though. That really sucked.

So, how are you guys? :)

Currently have 41,080 words under my belt, thank goodness. *Sighs in relief* This was admittedly a hard chapter to write. Getting into Padme's viewpoint was easy, but Obi-Wan's was actually kind of harder. I think it was just because of the whole I've-been-tormenting-him-for-so-long-please-muse-just-make-it-stop. But considering the Foregone Conclusion I already painted myself into earlier...yeah. (Mostly referring to the prologue) I don't really mind putting my characters through hell, but somehow, Obi-Wan...well, it really hurt doing it to him. It really did.

I really need to start writing fluff with him and Sabe or something. I really should.

Also, on another note, I'm really anxious about that college paper and whatnot. *Sighs* Papers are always pretty hard, really. I just hope I can do it. 

Currently have 35,008 words down. *Sighs in relief* Not sure if I did as well as my previous writing session, mostly in terms of writing about Obi-Wan going to the Chancellor's office this time, but I think I did all right. Mostly in terms of Obi-Wan's worry about how wrong things are going, and understanding the Jedi philosophy a little more. 

Also, someone on the NaNo forums suggested this song for my story (Padme, more specifically. :), which is made of awesome: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf4x36XKhsM. ;

Currently have 26,738 words so far. Not bad, I guess. :) Also really liked writing that scene between Obi-Wan and Sabe (his wife in this story). Worried about getting Sabe's character right, but I think I got Obi-Wan's thought processes down a bit. At least, in terms of how he's feeling and thinking.