Hey guys, just checking in with my third Nanowrimo progress report to let you all know how the challenge has progressed:
- I remain just shy of where I should be, but this is not a big deal and should cruise to 50,000 words by the last day of the month. I’m in the low 30,000s so the end is relatively near!
- I’ve taken part in some phenomenal writing sessions at my local library; achieving 3,000 and 3,700 words respectively. I love writing in the library I have found, and I’ll definitely be continuing to visit there once the focus moves from writing to editing and revision. It’s such a nice environment!
- For the first time I’m facing the very real possibility of not getting to the end of the story within 50,000 words. I want to avoid this really as otherwise I fear I may lose the impetus to finish the first draft from one end of the narrative to the other if I don’t complete it within the month.
- I’m really enjoying switching points of view in my story. I was originally a bit uneasy about this, preferring previously to follow my “main character” around almost to the ends of the Earth, but it does make a nice break to focus elsewhere for a chapter or two. I expect the reader will enjoy the break from the claustrophobic atmosphere on the protagonist’s tiny ship too, and get them to explore the universe I have set up.
- I’ve also really enjoyed these update posts and they’re keeping me thinking about the project in the medium and long term.
- No extract has been published – on purpose! Quite a lot of the draft is what I know to be low quality, and I look forward to hitting editing in January!
That’s enough for now! Expect a finale post in the next few days as November draws to a close. :-)
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