Sorry for taking so long to update, it's been a wonderfully crazy few days! NaNoWriMo season has begun, and it's so good to be freewriting again! Every word is its own huge mess, but I'm loving it. The story is unfolding and my characters have been surprising me. They all feel very different this time round, and I'm not really sure why but i'm just going with it. I'm definitely glad that I'll have this book started before MP's properly finished. I hate it when you read a series and you can tell how much of an afterthought the later books were. I'm really hoping to have a nice, tight series by the end of all this. Of course, every draft is different, but the basic structure and character arcs will be there.
Word-count wise, I'm beating some of my own records. I can do a thousand words in half an hour quite comfortably when full engaged, or in 45mins when less so. Day one gave me 6k, and Day 2 took me up to 16k (yup, another 10k day!) Yesterday I was knackered so I only did a thousand words, but one of my goals for this new writing year is to be more in tune with myself, and listen when I need a break. I've definitely built up enough safety net to not feel guilty about that!
A lot of people I know IRL are NaNo'ing this year, which is super exciting :D I love that everyone's novelling and taking part in this wonderful, crazy undertaking. It's inspiring to see, and the sense of community is even bigger this year!
Taking my break yesterday, I did a flick through of MP and ugh. I'm back to hating it. I know it's all fixable, but the week's space from it seems to highlight all its flaws. Still, better than thinking there's nothing to be done (I wonder if I'll ever get there?)
Alright, turning off the interwebs for an hour's sprint.
Happy Novelling! <3
