The frenzied pace of NaNoWriMo has caught up to me just a little today. I sat down this morning and looked at what I had left for plot elements in my story and knew that I was almost to the point where I either: a) do more plotting or, b) totally wing it and probably end up throwing most of the writing away in edits. Now, I am not adverse to rewriting. In fact, I’ve already written one scene twice and I’ll decide later which I like better. Having said that, I do want to keep as much of the writing as possible so I’m leaning more toward plotting some more. In all that thinking about plot, I didn’t actually […]

I’m thrilled that I’m still enthusiastic about NaNoWriMo. I am quite a bit ahead of the recommended daily word count and it would be so easy to starting slacking off. Instead, I feel like I’m getting stronger every day. It’s interesting that the story I’m writing is beginning to gain additional characters, plot points and all the other miscellania that can make it so interesting. I have new threads that could really make the book grown huge if unchecked or lead to all sorts of possibilities. That is why I write. I love getting surprised by my own subconscious. I was able to do a bit of writing this morning. Despite my best efforts, I haven’t had a lot of […]

I can’t say that I had the same flurry of activity today that I had yesterday. I did spend some time this morning writing and a bit more at noon. Tonight I’ve also managed quite a few words so, all in all I’ve definitely had a solid day. I ran across an article where the writer claimed to be a lover and hater of NaNoWriMo. She made a few comments to the effect of writing quantity versus quality is really the opposite of what a real writer should do. There was more to her article, but that was the piece that really stuck out in my mind. I didn’t need to think about that. She is absolutely right about a […]