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Subject: The End of NaNoWriMo
Time: 6:47:00 PM EST
Author: vandaryn
Music: NaNoWriMo 2005 Playlist
November 30th has arrived and with it, the end of National Novel Writers Month, or to those of us insane enough to try it, NaNoWriMo.
When I started this year's challenge to write a 50K word novel in thirty days, I wasn't at all sure about the wisdom of doing it. The NaNo website forums were also filled with dire predictions on the Sophmore flop. As this was my Sophmore attempt at NaNo, I wondered if I too would fall victim to this affliction.
I decided to give it a go anyway and it went well for two weeks, then I hit the 20K mark and words, plot and characters failed me. I did manage to work through it, get to around 40K and finish the book. I realized though that my tale needed a skeptic, hence the birth of Will Campbell who became my POV character for a great deal of the book and became a lot of fun to hang out with. In it's current form, the book is rough but it does have some gems buried in the rocky writing, bad prose and all-out blatant word padding. I think it might even work out to be two books when I'm finished with it.
By the end of NaNo 2005, I have a book, possibly two, a title and a host of characters who are fun to write, (some more than others) and I can say that I can indeed write a 50K novel in a month. Second year, sophomore flop didn't hit me and I was done with three days and around ten thousand words to spare. I won NaNo for the second year in a row.
So, at the end, am I glad I did it? Of course. A story that began as a short story about a vampire slayer has turned into something with greater scope and with, I hope a lot more heart. It was a fun vacation from the nagging of my Inner Editor.
And the title of my slightly-less-than-magnum opus? Here it is, complete with banner designed by Hubby.
Should the book ever reach publication, the title I'm sure will change, but for now, as it lives in my mind, this is the way I will remember my NaNo book for 2005. November went by fast. When it's all done, I'm happy with my novel (even managed to avoid a useless sex scene). And, I'm looking forward to next year. I'm determined to have a second computer so Hubby can do NaNo with me. Twice the fun, two more books under our belts.
Look out NaNoWriMo 2006!
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Jess
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wow! Congratulations!! In a way i bet youre glad it's over.. well sorta over.. now you can get into editing LOL.. gotta love editing!
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I am in awe. For some reason the idea of a novel scares me speechless. Maybe it's too much like a marriage...of course, if it were a good marriage, maybe it would be ok. :)
Oh, don't feel bad about the useless sex scene. I don't write sex scenes because everytime I try, they don't really work. Now that's a real useless sex scene. And, yes, Wildcat, there is a such thing as a useless sex scene.
;)
Jess
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Useless sex scene?! I didn't think such a thing existed.
Folks, you read it here. The woman is planning to torture me. Gonna force fifty thousand words out of me in thirty days! She's evil, I tell ya! Evil!
Oh.. wait. That's one of the reasons I married her. Well then... um... Nevermind.
heh
Bill, the Wildcat a.k.a. "Hubby of the Dragon Queen"
http://journals.aol.com/knightbek/TheWildcatsLair/
12/14/05 5:09 PM