Need a Kick in the Pants

From myself, mainly. I really must do everything in my power to wrap up this story up by the end of the week. Because after that, the kids will be on winter break, and the house will be a zoo. (Whoever said that Christmas is the season of peace on Earth didn't have children!)

According to Luke


I mapped it out and I have four (possibly five) more scenes to write--one sex scene (which I started yesterday), one plot/internal conflict building scene, the black moment, and the HEA/love scene. I might include a scene between the hero and his mother between the black moment and the HEA, depending on whether I decide I need it to show him resolving his internal conflict or not.

If I put that in, my word count will probably end up closer to 20,000. Even without, I think I'll end up closer to 18,000 than 17,500, but I'm keeping the word meter the same to avoid depressing myself (it's always a bummer to add words but see the percentage completed move little or, worse, go backwards).