The First 328 Words

I always wondered what my wedding would be like. Beautiful peals of music bursting forth from a piano somewhere in the rear of the church as I stepped onto the aisle in a white, special design, looking breathtaking. The man at the end of the aisle would be my love, the one who meant everything to me, and in this vision, he’d always be a dashing man with a huge smile on his face. I’d fight to keep from running down the aisle to join him, to start my new life as soon as possible.
The ceremony would be quick and the vows not overly verbose, and then we’d share a kiss and walk down the aisle, hand in hand, looking like the happiest people on the face of the planet, with rice in our hair and nothing but years of love and adventure to look forward to. Children would be contemplated, but not within the first year. Family would visit occasionally, with smiles on their faces and love in their hearts to see how happy we were and how well I was settling.
Our kids would grow, as all do, and we’d send them off to a nice college and promising careers, plowing on to our golden years living off of the government and spoiling our grandchildren until our passing on to the next life, if you believe in that.
As beautiful of an idea as this seemed, it was not to be. These kinds of things only happened in books, fairy tales, and in history. Nothing like this ever happens in Society X.
My name is Rebeckah Delvair, a citizen of Society X and the product of a large, prestigious family. The first daughter of a Mr. Nathan Delvair, sprung forth from the womb of one of his first wives. I have thirty six brothers and sisters and another seven on the way. But I am also sixteen and I will never have my dream wedding.

That, my fellow writing comrads, is the first 328 words of my novel. I kind of hate the tense problems I've got going on, but I want to make a point.

First off, you've got to give yourself permission to suck and suck bad. Otherwords, you're never going to get anywhere with it. My hatred for that intro's many issues is great, but I told myself "It's okay to suck. That's what NaNoEdMo is for."

Secondly, remember not to go back and edit. It's a long, broad path that is just gonna suck you further and further away from your ultimate goal: 50,000 words and/or a completed novel. Squelch the inner editor and I promise you the words will flow faster.

Current Progress: 3035/50000

I'm off to stop procrastinating and get to writing, and you should too. :)