The WAL

My dentist has got it figured out.  He’s installed TVs in the ceiling.  Lie back in the chair, here are you headphones and remote.  Say ah.  Neither the hygenist nor the dentist is forced to make small talk that you can’t respond to because you’re completely distracted channel surfing and they can focus on what they’re supposed to be doing.  The visit goes faster so even though it’s billed at the same rate they can probably see more patients and you get to watch an episode of the Colbert Report that you missed the night before, or whatever your favourite show happens to be.  It’s nothing short of brilliant.  Now, if my physiotherapist would do the same thing so I’d be distracted while he’s working on my knee…

Note that I’ve switched the target length back to 70k.  Obviously, I never should have panicked and changed it in the first place since my characters have made sure I’m on the right track.  Right now I’m inside the last chapter, although I think I might need a short resolution chapter after it, and technically I haven’t actually written Chapter 13, only outlined it (a short Chapter, probably under 2000 words).  We’ll see what the ultimate length winds up being.