Erg. Less than 500 words to 70k. I can almost taste it. And I'm going to finish this thing tomorrow--no matter what! So tomorrow will be the big finale with the villain and everything.
As for the latest chapter, I suppose an alternate name could be "In Love and War" because there is both a fight scene and a love scene. Personally, I find violence far more easy to write than the gooey emotional stuff. Fighting bad guys? No problem. Writing an intimate scene? It's like getting your toenails pulled out. I'm always second guessing myself. Should I really write this? Or maybe this? Oh no, I couldn't possibly put that in.
On the forums, I've read about two extremes. Some people find it really easy writing sex scenes and then they find that they can't stop and neglect the plot. For other people, it's really hard and it ends up as an impediment for the word count rather than a benefit. I can't say I'm in the camp of people who find that this stops the writing process altogether--because it hasn't. It's just that I'm afraid I'm not doing my characters any justice.
But then again, hey, if my characters are happy, I'm happy too.
