Patrick Jan Van Hove

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NaNoWriMo, Report from the front line, now that the dust has settled…

In NaNoWriMo on December 3, 2008 at 4:46 pm

Well, that was fun…

I just spent the last month writing each and every day, most days at least the required 1667-word ration, and I got out of it a 50 007 word manuscript. It is a real manuscript, lovingly written by hand in a moleskine diary, 150 pages of illegible script in green ink (I went through two Pilot Hi-techpoint pens…)…

Now what?

I’ve created characters, I’ve created a story that has many gaping holes in it, and an ending that I feel is not quite satisfying. But I’ve written something that could be turned into a novel. A proper, complete novel, and I really look forward to reading whatever comes out of the second round of drafting that will soon begin.

However, I am now faced with a dilemma: do I edit my Nano-novel, called “Login”, or do I continue drafting the Old Earth story that I started after the world-building month?

Options, options, I’ll let you know when I conclude something…