Cydia is developing itself slowly. I think if I stopped writing at midnight each night it might be a little more well written, but damn it all if I’m not the greatest procrastinator that ever lived. Tomorrow I’m going to start writing earlier so I can think over my ideas and make sure what I’m writing is something significant, of quality… that I’ll remember the next day. Hah!

In addition, I’ve cloudified today’s writing – it’s a big jumble of words where the most-mentioned words are largest. I thought it was cool. Have a look. Click the image for a bigger version.

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Hmm… I wonder what Variable really is? Perhaps his name has some obvious significance. Also, as my Word file gets bigger and bigger, it seems to have trouble performing real-time spell checking, so I don’t catch most of the typos until I paste it into Firefox. This has become a real burden.

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With only ten days left in this extravaganza, how ever will I finish? This novel is looooooooong… but I will do it! I swear to you, even if it is 120,000 words, or 130,000 or 150,000 words, I shall be done with it by November 30th! At any rate, Cydia is introduced in a mess of advanced technology in this entry; things move rather quickly, but will slow down as soon as they’re in Variable’s house. I wanted to rush into Cydia and make it seem bustling and alive, so that I could contrast it with the harsh reality of its deadness later on.

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Aha, I have done it! Ames and Graham are both in Cydia now, but only just barely. ;)… it’s on to the second arc of The Typist!

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I lied. He’s not in Cydia just yet, but will probably be there by the middle of tomorrow’s writing. Christ, this is turning out to be longer than I anticipated! I’ll have to work overtime to finish it during November – Ford’s monologue isn’t even complete in today’s writing.

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Tomorrow will be the day Graham enters Cydia. You can already see the fruits of Cydian technology present at the end of last night’s writing and all of tonight’s entry. The local climax will also happen tomorrow, with a hopefully enticing and informative monologue by a very depressed President Ford.

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I did my double day, and am approaching the local climax at the story’s middle. All I can say is… holy ****. I’m shivering, I think I’ve scared myself by writing my own story. I hope I don’t have nightmares about this stuff. And I hope you don’t, either, though I’m sure I’m not a good enough writer to scare anybody reading this story. Unless I am, which would be cool.

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So, I didn’t get to do that double day. I could, but I’d probably be up till 3am – so for now it’s more prison adventures. Once I hit 50k action will start rising quicker and quicker; Graham will discover secrets about the Black District that prisoners “like him” aren’t supposed to know… all leading up to his inevitable confrontation with the President and his venture into Cydia. You’ll see why he ventures into Cydia later – but I’ll hint now that it won’t be to get away from Talos, and it won’t be against his will either.

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Tomorrow’s a nice, free day. I think I’m going to do a double day tomorrow and hit 50,000 – since halfway through the novel DEFINITELY won’t be happening there!

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Ahh, and now it gets interesting in the “paradise” city of Lanford. It’s all rising action from here! Though there’s a nice local climax in today’s writing.

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