Halfway Point!

Yes, today I reached the halfway point of NaNoWriMo, that is, 25,000 words. A lot, huh? I'm impressed myself.

However, I was hit on the head with a horrible thought just now: what if I don't finish? I don't doubt my pace  - the NaNo Stats tell me that at this rate I'll finish on November 20 and that's fine by me. I doubt my story.

I'm quite long into A Girl of Dark and Dust already, and I'm seriously starting to doubt whether I'll have enough story to match the words. There is still a lot to happen... but is my book too short to be a book? I was so certain that this time it was actually a book-lenght book. What if it isn't?

Of course, I've planned three more books. If it looks like I don't have enough story to match the word count, I can just continue into Book Two. It just kind of feels like cheating. I had a plan.

I know this is nothing to freak out about. Plans change. I can make The Dust Saga into a trilogy, if need be. I just... I'm confused right now.

We'll see how it turns out, I guess. There is still a lot in the end to happen, so maybe I'm freaking out over nothing. And I can always add stuff to the middle, if I can just come up with something that would support the plot and work. (That is not a given, but hey, let's try anyway. If needed.)

Now I'm going to sleep before I get too worked up over this. Oh, one more thing: I'm applying for this tomorrow or the day after. It's Stiefvater, folks! Stiefvater!