Day 5!!

Well, I most definitely didn't write as much as I had hoped to tonight and now that it's getting late I better spend an hour doing homework then off to bed.  I did get to 2,000 words though and have figured out that 2,000 words a day at this point will get me to 50,000 words by November 30th.  I think I'm going to gather some inspiration throughout school tomorrow and see where my imagination take me.  I am in desperate need of ideas.

And if anyone wants to help, here is the scene I wrote for a writing workshop in class assignment that I decided to base my novel off of.  I'm not using this scene, but I am going to rewrite it from scratch when it comes up in the story.  Anyone get any ideas from reading that?

A drop of blood dripped from the edge of his sword, hitting the ground hard producing a sound that sounded ten times louder due to the silence of the forest.  He’d cornered the woman he’d been assigned to but she did not tremble nor flinch.  Instead her gaze steadily held his as she waited for the inevitable.  Her body began to glow, illuminating the pure darkness of the night surrounding them, and small red crystals rose from her skin, taking flight.  Red streaks pierced the darkness in all directions as each crystal sought an escape from the endless expanse of trees.  The man simply smirked.

He held his sword high and pierced her flesh slowly and accurately, finishing the grim task he had been given.  The woman made no cry, her expression never cracked as she left this world she had been cursed to live in for centuries.  Blood gushed from the wound and soaked through the ground as her now limp body fell among the leaves with a silent thud.  The bright red crystals dropped immediately to the ground and their light slowly faded away like the dying embers from a flame.

Slowly, with extreme care and precision he outlined her face with his sword, lifting the skin delicately and tossing it aside once fully detached from the body.  Both eyes were removed just as the skin had been and behind each eye he found two small dark purple stones.  As he reached for them the dark surroundings illuminated once again, and while he implanted the purple stones within his own eyes, his body was struck from all sides and thirty-three crystals punctured his body.  Fresh blood oozed from each hole and this liquid connected each dot in turn creating the sacred pattern.  Just then the skies opened up, releasing a cool rain upon the Earth.  These drops of pure liquid diluted the blood of the woman, forcing it to separate then sink into the Earth at multiple points, purifying the planet.  The newly formed wind whistled through the trees, creating soft music only audible in complete silence.  Each air current a whisper of what was being lost.

Well, time to peace out tonight, gonna finish my homework then off to bed for me.  2.5 hours of sleep gave me a headache all day today and my body aches at this point.  I'm sure it'll just take some getting used to but I'll be able to withstand this for the rest of the month.  Wish me luck, and I wish you all luck too!  Happy typing!

~Talathiel

1,951 words and counting