Note to self: don't blog a NaNo ;)
Nov. 16th, 2006 04:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
marfiskOkay, I know I'm about the worst blogger out there, but though I'm not frequent, I hope some of what I say has value.
So, what have I learned this time? Not to blog my NaNo progress. It's moving too quickly and I don't have time to explore the process as much, which is what this blog is about.
That said, I did notice that because of the speed of NaNo, the "Ohmigosh, this is awful and unsellable" comes quicker, harder, and also vanishes just as quickly. I'm back to thinking there is some value to this book and that it's more than just another generic fantasy. Since I don't tend to read generic fantasy, I could, of course, be mistaken in this assessment, but editing, critting, and finally submitting is a better way to set myself straight than bemoaning before it's even complete.
So here I sit, somewhere between 6000 and 15000 words from the end and I still like it. The outline served me well overall, though it required some tweaking, especially as a true villain slipped into my cultural conflict somehow and had to be dealt with, but not before creating havoc of course, and my sons gave me a little assistance that, while neat and obviously worthy or I would have cut it, caused me some scenario problems. That said, I think we're back on track and moving smoothly into the end point, where I have to decide whether to shutdown NaNo for the year or roll off into the book I was planning to do for NaNo.
Oh, and the experiment, which I think I mentioned, of my first brand new, raw novel without at least a year to contemplate? Seems to be going quite well. Is this novel as complex as some of my others? Maybe not. However, the tale itself doesn't require that complexity to get across what it's trying to say, so I'm not stressing on that factor :).
And stats:
58 scenes
52 complete - 90% of the novel
6 Scenes remain
7715 Remaining word count
74579 Estimated length - with an average of 1286 words per scene.
66864 Current Total
So, what have I learned this time? Not to blog my NaNo progress. It's moving too quickly and I don't have time to explore the process as much, which is what this blog is about.
That said, I did notice that because of the speed of NaNo, the "Ohmigosh, this is awful and unsellable" comes quicker, harder, and also vanishes just as quickly. I'm back to thinking there is some value to this book and that it's more than just another generic fantasy. Since I don't tend to read generic fantasy, I could, of course, be mistaken in this assessment, but editing, critting, and finally submitting is a better way to set myself straight than bemoaning before it's even complete.
So here I sit, somewhere between 6000 and 15000 words from the end and I still like it. The outline served me well overall, though it required some tweaking, especially as a true villain slipped into my cultural conflict somehow and had to be dealt with, but not before creating havoc of course, and my sons gave me a little assistance that, while neat and obviously worthy or I would have cut it, caused me some scenario problems. That said, I think we're back on track and moving smoothly into the end point, where I have to decide whether to shutdown NaNo for the year or roll off into the book I was planning to do for NaNo.
Oh, and the experiment, which I think I mentioned, of my first brand new, raw novel without at least a year to contemplate? Seems to be going quite well. Is this novel as complex as some of my others? Maybe not. However, the tale itself doesn't require that complexity to get across what it's trying to say, so I'm not stressing on that factor :).
And stats:
58 scenes
52 complete - 90% of the novel
6 Scenes remain
7715 Remaining word count
74579 Estimated length - with an average of 1286 words per scene.
66864 Current Total
