It’s the first week of NaNoWriMo and I have to say, I’m having a blast. I’ve been in editing land for so long that finally being back at the first draft of something is just a whole lot of fun.
Seriously! It’s been so long that I kind of forgot how to first draft. I’m an outliner. Always have been. And while I don’t put down every detail in my outlines, I’m not usually vague. But I’ve run into a few spots where I’ve written a point like, “they travel to the city.”
I was like, “Thanks, past-me, but present-me would like a little more detail. Than that.” But it’s been fun. A little bit of pantsing in the middle of my outline.
As of the writing of this post (Sunday evening) I’m supposed to be at 6,666 words. And I’m happy to report that I’m at 6,825! I’d like to be a little further ahead, but the fact that I’m ahead at all is good with me! A week from now, I’m to be at 18,333. I’m hoping to be closer to 25K, but we’ll see!!
Excellent going. Keep it up!
Thanks!
Hi JW 🙂
I get what you mean! It’s a refreshing change of pace to switch from editing to first draft-writing, especially if you’ve been in editing-land for a long time! I’ve been writing a series of first drafts this year, so next year might be a prolonged editing-land for me 🙂
Although I’ve been enjoying having an outline, I like to keep scenes vague so that there is some creative wiggle room in case my brain decide to do something completely off-the-charts. So “they travel to the city” would have worked completely fine for me!
Happy writing!
I really do admire everyone participating in NaNoWriMo. It is something that I would love to think I can do, but I know I would never be able to. Maybe one day :]
Until then, I get to cheer you on and look forward to more updates! It’s like a literary tv series (kinda?)
Glad to hear my writing posts aren’t completely boring. Next week I think I’ll post a little snippet!
YES!!