Well. NaNo ends tonight, for another year, at 23:59...and I won't be a winner. :phhhbbbbbt:
But, I'm moving on with the novel(la?) so I won't complain; I'll just admire those who have done really well and broken through the 5ok mark.
On a sideways note, Sven is going well - and I'm on target for him! Yay!
However. I have noticed that, despite the outline, I am now on Chapter 5. I say despite, because according to the outline I should still be on Chapter 3. More has gone on than I'd planned out initially. Does that happen to a lot of people? You plan one thing (x will happen in chapter 2 and then y in chapter 3) and then find that a, b, c, d, and z also took place in chapter 3 and lo! chapter 5 has arrived? It was planned as a novella, but at the moment I'm at just over 14K and I've only just started ch.5 of the 12 I was aiming for. :sigh: I won't think about it now. I'll sort it out in the editing process.
It is interesting though, because I had thought that an outline would make the writing easier in the sense that I wouldn't deviate as much but I seem to have had aha! moments along the way, just the same. (Aha! they could do that, here, and then this could happen - which means this will happen and...what does it say in the outline again?)
It's nearly the weekend! Woo-Hoo! I am so tired. I need a holiday, I think. Well, only another 20 days, or so and then it's off to Londres for some exhibition viewing. Sort of relaxing!
I think the object of NaNo is to get you in the habit of making goals for the day and trying to stick with them. I truly enjoyed the experience and if I'm starting a new novel at this time next year will likely do it again.
ReplyDeleteI agree, Amanda. It's certainly had the effect, this year of making me more productive (although ironically, the encouragement has come from people I've met elsewhere e.g. Sven; writer's forums etc. rather than NaNo specifically).
ReplyDeleteIt has been good this year, but I'm glad that Sven is ongoing so that the group support continues!