The Dan Brown Code – Day 16 – 8250 Words
by Joseph on Nov.16, 2005, under NaNoWriMo
I’ve come to realize that I have broken that most simple of rules, “write what you know.” I don’t know mystery, that much is clear. Suspense and intrigue are also foreign. Also, as predicted, the concept has drifted from “parody sort of thing” to “amusing adventure sort of thing” which is getting dangerously close to “fan fiction.” It was okay for Megalomania! to drift from its comedic roots and become an adventure, because the characters existed in a universe of my creation for the sake of doing whatever I told them to do. By including a real person, I am left in an awkward state. If done correctly, I have something like a Being John Malkovich. If not, I’m left with a Stephen Colbert and the Time Machine, Part 1.
I think I’m going to take the adventure and run with it, and maybe even try to tack on some silly. That is, if I even have any hope of finishing at all. So far behind…