Nanowrimo

Don't ask me. I'm just the author. - Tiisme’s blog

I'm working on my second novel right now. The first was written for National Novel Writing Month, a challenge held every November to write a novel of new material and at least 50,000 words, starting November 1st and submitting it by 11:59pm on November 30th. I managed 50,133 words in 24 days and, not surprisingly, it was a story of little depth. It was amusing and I was pleased with some of my descriptions and dialogue. It also got that first crappy novel out of the way and taught me the value of outlining, which I'd never done before. I think outlining was the key to finishing the novel, even though I had to veer off-outline several times in order to not contradict myself.