NaNoWriMo Day 8: In Quito, Ecuador
November 8, 2008
SOUNDTRACK: La Mas Completa Coleccion y 12 Grandes Exitos (Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitan) Beautiful Day (U2, Live From Slane Castle) and Kill Bill Volume II
Today’s word count: 1,204
Word Total: 4,046
I missed the 2,050 word goal by 846 words and according to the progress meter, I am doing exceptionally bad. Chris of NaNoWriMo posted this message on the 5th.
I spoke with the Great NaNoWriMo Calendar this morning, and she said we should be at about 8333 words by the end of the day today. She also told me that some of you ignored her suggestion to be at 6666 words yesterday, and that she may let you slide on that if you get to 8333 tonight.
I don’t know what may let you slide means. I’m not discouraged at all, in fact I’m pleased with how the plot has developed. I finished Chapter three. Yesterday I excerpted part of that chapter: the description of Trills chocolate pantry and Ruby dancing around the living room to Hole. The scene continues with Trill entering the room from the kitchen where he’s been preparing cioccolato caldo. They argue, settle down and begin to talk about Sweets Lady, who now has a name: Nesha. I searched on Nesah after I wrote it found out that it’s a real name, Russian in origin, and means pure. Nesha is Ruby’s mother. She mailed Ruby a postcard from Quito. She is there to learn more about Ecuadorian cacoa.
Chapter four is about Nesha in Ecuador. There are three new characters, two are cacoa experts. Nesha has already faced racism in Ecuador. This is appropriate for this story given that racism is a problem in Ecuador and many countries and something that people of color have to deal with.
Cocoa seeds in the fruit or pocha. Public Domain Image. Source: WikiCommons used with perimission from PD-USGOV-USDA-ARS
