Paper Flowers.

So I've got 3,755 words so far (also, Jesus), and it helps that I'be been doing some skipping around, actually. Got a bit of the villain's perspective on things, and though I may have to tone some stuff down in the rewrite, it was definitely interesting getting into his head. I figured I'd do that just because some of the bad guys in the Van Helsing Hate Crimes trope (e.g. some of the bad guys in the Kitty Norville books -- and granted, I could be wrong; I'll probably change my mind when I read the books) come off as kind of one-dimensional. I figured I'd give this guy a worldview and a reason for his actions. And change things up a bit.

Also, wrote my first crime scene! That one was tough, but doing some research...it's not perfect, but it's definitely giving me a bare outline for what I have to do. May have to go over stuff in revisions to make sure that my crime scene is accurate and all. Like if there was anything I missed. And wrote the beginning of my main character, Diana, waking up after being captured by the villain. Let's say things are going to get interesting.

Currently at 60,877 words. And I did it. I won. *Sighs in relief* That was definitely a hard write, and there are some things that I don't know if I'm proud of, but I can look them over come revision, hopefully. Taking out unnecessary words, making sure things make sense, things like that. I did it. It's been a wild ride, and I am going to miss Mara and the gang, but I did it. (Thinking next NaNo of focusing on original fiction, just to give it a shot. It'll be interesting. And hopefully I can do it as well as my first fanfic NaNo back in 2011) I definitely hope, come tomorrow, that everyone's going to be satisfied with the final installment, and it'll be a satisfying end to Mara's adventures. 

Currently have 57,003 words now. *Rubs wrists* Jesus. Anyway, wrote the scene where Leia first meets Wicket, which I enjoyed writing; I've always loved Wicket. He's one of my personal favorite characters, just because he is really fucking adorable and awesome. Mostly really intimidated about the battles and all, but I guess I'll just focus on what really, really matters -- namely, a bit of cutting back to destroying the shield generator, a bit of Lando and the space battle, etc. Hopefully I'll have plenty of time tomorrow to actually finish all this. (And when this is all over, I am probably going to focus on something much, much more smaller-scale, because Jesus...)

Currently have 52,998 words. Jesus. Started up on another part of the ending -- Mara's log, more specifically. Still hoping that the ending...well, ends on a satisfying note and all. At least I have some idea as to where exactly my destination is and all.

Currently have 51,196 words. Have parts of the ending written, which is good. And some good bits in the ending -- also good. And I better get some rest -- there's been something going around and I'm worried I've caught it. I probably haven't, but just to be on the safe side, I'm going to bed early. 

Currently have 48,500 words. *Rubs wrists* Jesus I wrote a lot. And wonderful news -- I got over at least part of my writer's block regarding how-is-Mara-going-to-stall-in-time-for-Lando-and-co-to-save-the-day. And I wrote a lovely scene regarding Terminus where he gets thrown a bit of a bone for his troubles after all that's happened to him. I'm just relieved that I managed to resolve at least one part of what was bothering me so much -- which is fucking awesome. 

Currently have 45,028 words. Nearly to the end. Admittedly had some writer's block on the Piett thing, so I decided to go over to Endor for a while instead. Still, I think I did well with Han's internal monologue as well as just Threepio recapping things to the Ewoks. By the way, sorry if it took a while to post an update; let's say that LJ was being difficult for a moment. Anyway, better get some sleep. 

Currently have 42,214 words. Jesus Christ. Anyway, I'm doing pretty good -- I'm nearly there, at any rate. I still have a lot of ground to cover, of course, but I think that everything's going pretty well. Elaborated more on some of the post-Bespin angst and the bonds between the crew (which I think are definitely the heart here of Before the Dawn, We Are Legend, and this. It's really the bonds between the crew that are one of the things that make it all so wonderful to write), and wrote a bit of the ending -- which is something! Actually having an ending in sight, or some semblance of it. I admit I've been angsting a bit about how to resolve the ending to make sure it doesn't come off as a disappointment (as I may have said before, writing the final installment is a bitch), so having some semblance of an ending is a relief. 

Currently have 37, 377 words. Jesus. Anyway, I did a bit of the intro-to-Endor thing as well as Mara's near-fall on the Death Star, because it is pretty interesting, though I do admit, I'm worried about getting Mara and Piett out of character. The Emperor, not so much; it's pretty creepy that I managed to get the Emperor kind of down pat (then again, Ian McDiarmid's performance is pretty easy to nail down, it's almost as iconic as Vader himself). I'm interested, at least, as to how everything's going to end up in the end and how the characters are going to get out of this one. And I definitely hope that the story turns out good, of course. 

Currently have (holy shit) 31,697 words. (Ouch) Been doing pretty well so far -- trying to work out the logistics of the duel with the Emperor, which, whenever I've been going over it in my head, it's like I'm back playing KOTOR in my mind (not that I'm really complaining, but I guess I'm trying to map out how exactly it's all going to work). I admit for the duel I'm drawing a bit on the duel with Darth Nihilus in KOTOR II (when the Exile -- or Meetra, depending on whether you regard TOR as part of your KOTOR canon or not -- Mandalore and Visas basically throw down with the Lord of Hunger. Some people thought the Nihilus fight was too easy, but me? I think even before the TSLRCM -- which I recommend because it's awesome -- Nihilus was quite the opponent. That's my opinion, of course, and I'm getting off track) -- basically, a whole group of people against a Sith Lord who can still hold his own very much. And I've kind of changed the Emperor's ROTJ characterization a bit to take his ROTS characterization into account -- mostly in terms of how manipulative he can be. (My headcanon in regards to his original ROTJ characterization was that he got really cocky regarding Luke -- everything's going according to plan except, whoops, Luke doesn't seem to want to be his marionette. And later on, neither does Vader. In ROTS, he wasn't as cocky and was definitely at his prime -- in my opinion -- there, even if he was no slouch in ROTJ either) And I've been trying to make sure Mara doesn't accidentally fulfill that vision in the cave. So that part's pretty complicated. I know it's also weird doing scenes out of order, but it's always kind of worked for me -- I can get to the parts that I want to write and if the build up ends up different than what I expected, well...revision. I know this is getting pretty interesting.