I’ve been open with my friends about NaNo, but now I’m going to make a public decry:
I’m not going to participate in National Novel Writing Month this year
…in the traditional sense.
Last year, I powered through 50,000 words in nineteen days and ended up with a manuscript that’s has an okay structure and pacing that needs work with a character I don’t like all that much.
And today, I have the exact same thing.
I need to edit it! What’s the point of writing a NaNo book if all it does is sit on my desk collecting dust (which I removed when a moved but is re-accumulating) and never gets edited? The last thing I want is another 50,000 draft sitting on my desk to bury under this one. So I won’t be adding another draft.
Instead, I’ll be editing the first one. I hope to commit about a half hour every day to working on editing the draft I have. I can write the required 1,667 words in about that time, so this will be my equivalent. I hope to use write-ins around my area to write for even more time, but I realize that my schooling comes first so I’ll have to take care of that. My husband is done coaching for the season so he’s said he’ll support me around the house more.
I hope to update my progress here in place of some of my book review posts. I’ll have to play blog catch-up in December, but I can do that easily. So check back here to see how awesome I am at being a rebel!
Are you doing NaNoWriMo? Are you rebelling like me? Doesn’t it feel great? Any way you look at it, have a happy November.
Until next time, write on.
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Taking On a World of Words 
Good luck! I’ll be partaking, but also editing a second project, so… a little of both?
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Yikes, that’s ambitious! Best of luck on your goal and happy writing!
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I’ve never tried before, so I’m taking my friend Quill’s advice and giving a real try this year.
Junker
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That’s a great way to jump in. I wasn’t sure what I was getting into last year so I jumped in with two feet and had a blast! Hopefully I can get a second draft together for this one and get some reader opinion before I re-write it again.
Happy writing!
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Sounds to me like you are taking NaNo to the next level. Brilliant!!!
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It’s like NaNo Part II; the second year. I hope it goes well!
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1667 words in half an hour? Wow you’re fast! No wonder it takes me forever to write!
To answer your question no, I won’t be sound NaNo this year. I need to finish my current WIP.
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I was banned from winning word wars at a couple write-ins last year, haha. Good luck with your current WIP! And I think it’s good you realize you need to finish the WIP before you begin another project. I hope you can use NaNo to find a supportive environment.
Happy Writing!
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I think editing is a fantastic idea. That’s probably what I’ll be doing for part of NaNo as well. Maybe I’ll rebel with you. 🙂
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Please do! I read another blogger who’s doing the same thing. I guess all the writing blogs I started following last November are getting around to editing about the same time. 🙂
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I’m already doing some rewrites, so I guess that’s technically editing, right? And that will continue on into November, so might as well. Yeah, NaNo rebels unite!
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I also can’t follow the traditional NaNoWriMo model without abandoning my manuscript- I’d rather close out the year with one manuscript I’m proud of instead of two I’m embarrassed by!
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Amen to that! I want one I can show people instead of two piles on my desk.
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Best of luck, Sam! And I’m glad you decided to participate, even as a rebel. 🙂
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Thanks, Michelle! I hope to see you at a few write-ins.
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