National Novel Writing Month is over, and I did it: 50,000 words in 30 days. What I came up with remains to be seen. I did zero editing throughout the month, only churning away at the word count. I’m nowhere close to being finished with the first draft. (50K words do not a novel make, folks.) But I’ve reached the point in the story that I’m not ready to move forward without reviewing what’s been written, although I haven’t even…
An analysis of the NaNoWriMo process is on the way…just as soon as I decompress from my self-imposed “thirty days and nights of literary abandon”…but, just so you know:
We're a little over halfway through National Novel Writing Month, and I'm proud to say that I've kept on task so far. I had a strong start and g0t well ahead of the daily goal of 1,667 words. An election here, a human rights gala to attend there, and I allowed myself perhaps one too many days of writing laziness. Hey, it happens to the best of us. But I've managed to get back on track and am hovering right…
The annals of NaNoWriMo history are cluttered with people who failed (a term I use loosely) to reach 50,000 words and many who never even started, and that’s just fine. It’s a lot of pressure. We’re closing in on the end of week one now, and I’ve managed to stay a little ahead of the game thanks to a kick-ass first day. Tuesday was the only day I didn’t quite reach goal. Something or other was going on. What could…
November is National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo as we cool kids call it. The gist is to write your tukhus off the entire month, with the goal of having a 50,000-word novel in the can by Nov. 30. If you read my last post, you’ll know that I took my sweet time with my first book. But now I’m accountable to people that only make money when I do, so the luxury of ease is one I no longer…