Heavy Lifting and Exercise

I feel I got some heavy lifting done on the novel today. I'm up to page 194, and I mark this as the turning point, the denouement of the romantic interest in the story.

I didn't write for weeks. First it was physical and mental trouble that have been corrected, but which sucked energy from the project. Then it was catching up on essential things in life that I had to also ignore. Then I sat down in the early week, and immediately hit a writers' block. It was an incredibly difficult scene to resolve. Right now, I'm afraid the chapter is too long.

I'm very fortunate to have this collaboration with my friend, mainly because I have permission to plagiarize the scenes and dialog he already developed and wrote. However, my contribution is very significant. His writing on the story line comes to approximately 110 pages, or so. I'm already up to 194 pages, and it's just half way through.

I feel like I've done a lot of work, and I'm going to take some time to entertain.

I managed to do some exercise in the form of walking when I got out of bed. However, writing is the only "heavy lifting" I think I could do now, with my body in the condition it's in.