The goal? To bring my manuscript to 100,000 words by the end of November.
The Reality?
My manuscript as of today is at 75, 856 words. During NaNoWriMo, I wrote 24,181 new words and edited the majority of the writing I did last November. Do I feel like I failed? Nah. I think that considering that I work full time, have 2 year old twins who seem to have given up napping AND am trying to balance my life....I think I did pretty good and I can't beat myself up over it. Of course, I don't get to order the hoodie I promised myself if I did it.
Guess that gives me something to plan for next year.
If I had been writing all fresh prose, I think I would have hit the 50,000 words. I learned something really important this month. Editing is time consuming and HARD. I would spend some of those days, adding only 800 words and feeling completely exhausted from staring at the screen.
The Loracian Stone is no longer a finished novel, but it will be. I have a few more chapters to add to make the story more cohesive. That's the fun part.
Now that NaNo is over, I plan to schedule some time to write regularly. I need to finish this book so I can decide what I want to do with it. I am still thinking of serializing it - if only to get it out there. Perhaps I'll self publish it. Maybe, I'll do both. I have time to decide. Honestly, I've only had one person actually ask to read it.
I like the story, though. It isn't the greatest fantasy novel ever written, but it was fun to write and I can't wait to see how it turns out :)
Did you NaNo? How did it go for you this year?
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