A Letter to the World from the Middle of NaNoWriMo

From a first-time Wrimo

Dear World,

Please send help.

I am 16,000 words behind schedule.

There is a gaping bald patch in the middle of my story that I don’t know how to fill.

I am trying to make my characters fall in love in a way that is not STUPID and cheesy.

For reasons I cannot wrap my head around, I have made this a story with a lot of scenes that happen in or around the ocean and, NEWSFLASH, I am…