Nanowrimo, again

[oakenguy]

Well, the good news is that I'm a quarter of the way through! I'm still a bit ahead of schedule, and haven't yet experienced the "argh argh argh hate this what do I write now?!" feeling that usually hits. Maybe the fourth time's the charm?

The BAD news is that I'm a quarter of the way through, and the main character's just reached town. In LOTR terms, this is like the hobbits making it to Bree. This could turn out to be a 100,000 word story *easily*, especially if I keep getting distracted by the supporting characters like the dead first love (though her POV is so fun) and the sorta-villain werewolf I just orphaned (though the parallels that are there between her and her mentor, and Biff McStudlypants and the Main Character give me warm fuzzies)...which means it would be about 49,998 words more than I'm mentally prepared for.

Oy.

Comments

[atothek.livejournal.com]

No, no, no. 50,000 words is not the first half of your book. It's the first book of your trilogy.

Plus, then the next two nanowrimo's are in the bag. You're all set!

[clionona.livejournal.com]

Biff McStudlypants

*snorffles diet coke through my nose*

Good luck, man! You can do it! *\o/*

[mllelaurel.livejournal.com]

Is Biff McStudlypants the guys actual name?

And yeah, I definitely hit the 'how long is this? problem in my writing more often than not. It's when the thing spawns sequels before you've written ten pages that you really have to worry.

[sheapottery.livejournal.com]

Write as much as you want. Just be aware you will have to go back with a sharp knife afterward and edit, edit, edit **makes slashing motion like in Psycho*

Who knows, the parts you hack out could turn into completely different books later.

I hope the dead first love was actually dead when she shared her viewpoint. Otherwise it's just sad and no one wants that.

[etiger4.livejournal.com]

Good god, Mcdeadlypants meets MacStudlyBeth... you have awesome energy! I'm a big loo... I tried to join (in my mind) a group that is writing a poem a day on facebook and couldn't even handle that amount of discipline right now... no good excuse comes to mind... Keep the torch lit Bri! Also, you missed a huge amount of huevos rancheros (sp?) this last weekend... a strange mountain of food, H and and I are still making odd leftover combos...