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Dec. 1st, 2017 09:16 pmWell, it took me several years to get around to it, but for once I actually tried my hand at NaNoWriMo! By the end of yesterday I had managed to write...just over thirteen thousand words. On one hand, I'm a little disappointed, because I was really hoping to get a good bit of the way to fifty thousand. On the other, November has been a BUSY month (Thanksgiving aside), and I feel like all things considered, that's not a bad first attempt. I mean, it's over a quarter of the way there! The story isn't done yet, but I at least got a good chunk of it out of my head and written down.
And lemme tell ya, hoo boy is it a first draft. If I plan to do anything with it (after, y'know, actually finishing writing the first draft) it's going to require a TON of work. I need to work on plot and really get the characters fleshed out and get a better sense of how they relate to each other. But it does feel good to get some of it out. The story's been knocking around in my head for a while, and I feel like now that I've started it I have a greater chance of actually doing something with it.
If nothing else, it made me more aware of how easy it is to really bang out the words if you put your mind to it. I'd write a few paragraphs, check my word count, and be all "WHOA I managed to write a couple hundred words! It's a lot more than it looks!". It reminded me of how you can really work your way through something even if you're only doing a few paragraphs per day. A lot of it really does seem to be all about practice and persistence. I mean, I kinda already knew that, but doing this really kinda put that back into the front of my mind.
If I can, I'll probably try to do it again next year, and maybe see if I can break my record. If nothing else, it was an adventure!
And lemme tell ya, hoo boy is it a first draft. If I plan to do anything with it (after, y'know, actually finishing writing the first draft) it's going to require a TON of work. I need to work on plot and really get the characters fleshed out and get a better sense of how they relate to each other. But it does feel good to get some of it out. The story's been knocking around in my head for a while, and I feel like now that I've started it I have a greater chance of actually doing something with it.
If nothing else, it made me more aware of how easy it is to really bang out the words if you put your mind to it. I'd write a few paragraphs, check my word count, and be all "WHOA I managed to write a couple hundred words! It's a lot more than it looks!". It reminded me of how you can really work your way through something even if you're only doing a few paragraphs per day. A lot of it really does seem to be all about practice and persistence. I mean, I kinda already knew that, but doing this really kinda put that back into the front of my mind.
If I can, I'll probably try to do it again next year, and maybe see if I can break my record. If nothing else, it was an adventure!