What I learnt from NaNoWriMo 2011
December 15th 2011 12:30
Here's the biggest insight I gained during this year's NaNoWriMo: My writing process has changed.
I used to be happy with writing a story with nothing planned but the bare bones. The fleshing out was part of the actual writing.
Not anymore. This year, I found that the winging it approach doesn't quite work the way it used to work for me any longer. What I wrote this year wasn't so much the first draft of a novel as a 50,000-word long brainstorming session. In order to make it a story, I have to start again - editing and revising aren't going to turn this baby into a novel.
On the plus side: Now I know what the story is.
I used to be happy with writing a story with nothing planned but the bare bones. The fleshing out was part of the actual writing.
Not anymore. This year, I found that the winging it approach doesn't quite work the way it used to work for me any longer. What I wrote this year wasn't so much the first draft of a novel as a 50,000-word long brainstorming session. In order to make it a story, I have to start again - editing and revising aren't going to turn this baby into a novel.
On the plus side: Now I know what the story is.
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