Well, that was fun.
Really.
I squeezed out the last few thousand words of PURE a bit more gracefully than I squeezed into my jeans yesterday and crossed the NaNoWriMo finish line. I actually completed 50,000 words three days ago, but since I 'adopted' ~1,000 previously written words necesssary to complete a scene I was in thrall with, I pushed myself to 52k words - just to be fair.
NaNo was a terrific experience. I got a lot of thinking and plotting done on PURE, a lot of character development. I wrote 4 of my 6 voices, one of which is told through a diary. Of the two remaining characters, one narrates through a letter and the second is, well, told in second. Voice, that is. I've written a few paragraphs but this is a tricky POV, too frustrating to write while under pressure.
How did I prep? I've been doodling on PURE since this time two years ago, so I had plenty of notes and ideas for scenes. I read VORACIOUSLY in October (LOVE STORY, INTUITION, THREE JUNES), stories told in multiple POVs and tenses to get into the style and structure I needed to emulate.
Lots of work still ahead. I aim to get a solid first draft finished by All Hallow's Eve in 2009 - so I can indulge in LOVE SONG ON THE INNER LOOP in November.
Congratulations to everyone who particpated - whether you wrote 50,000 words or 1, you most likely got further on your novel than you would have otherwise.
THE READING... Oh goddess, I am wallowing in pies and books! I SEE YOU EVERYWHERE, PHARMAKON, TERMINAL NEGLECT, THE KITE RUNNER, MAGICAL THINKING, THE HERETIC, and so on and on.
It's nice to hunker down with a good book or three and just... read.
Off to Atlanta for the day job. Peace, Linda
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congratulations! broke 30k today, so i reached my personal goal of 1k/day. =D
ReplyDeleteYippee! Congrats, Cindy Lou. A k a day is my new goal for the reminder of... life. Peace, Linda
ReplyDeleteCongrats. Now you can do the Nov. PAD challenge and catch up
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YAY!! Congrats on finishing! I wound up with a little over 52k, too...I didn't mean to, though. Oops! hehehe
ReplyDeleteSo what's on the plate now? =D
Very impressive job! Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteOooh! Congrats! That's awesome. I've always been super excited about Pure. I want to hear more about the different voices! I am psyched for your ambitious writing goals!
ReplyDeleteI didn't do NaNoWriMo, but did write a lot, though I do longhand first always and have no idea on the count.
And oooooh, you're reading one of my favorite books. Beware that it's quite the emotional ride!
Thanks for dropping by, Erin - I'll check out your cyber spot momentarily.
ReplyDeleteBack from Atlanta - tres chilly there, even saw snow.
Next on my plate - recovering! Actually, I'm reading for fun, polishing a few small pieces, and letting my NaNo endeavor 'rest' before kneading it again. Also prepping for marketing novel numero uno (yeah, insane I know in this crazy economic environment).
Chrys, side-tracked with two other novels, one a Wally Lamb that I'm 100 pages into and think I've already read. I'll keep you posted when I hit Kite Runner.
Peace, all... Linda
You did good Linda, congrats. Gillian
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