Which, for me, means procrastination. Funny how I’ve just fallen straight back into my old ways after the frenzied activity of the NaNoWriMo.
I’ve got three stories fairly close to completion, with one getting the final touches for (hopefully) a Christmas outing. The “novel” is waiting for its big appointment with a red pen. It needs editing – with extreme prejudice.
After a few days not doing any writing, I find now that I’m missing my daily fix.
What I’m about to start on is editing the NaNoWri ‘novel’. It’s got a lot of chaff and there’s still quite a few holes to be filled. I’ve also had a few thoughts about my other WIPs and I’m looking forward to putting the finishing touches on at least one, if not two, of the stories.
Not very happy about the ‘finished’ product. The whole ‘just type and don’t edit’ thing is just too seductive. It’ll take me as long to edit as it did to, um, type. But it is fun. And very consuming. I’ve thought about nothing except the damned novel for six solid weeks (you’re allowed to plan before 1 November).
Still, I did it. And finished early too. If you can call it finished. Hopefully though, I can have it ready to post within a few weeks, after I’ve changed a major part of the setup (I had this new idea day before yesterday, but controlled myself and didn’t succumb to the rewrite temptation – hence the early finish). I think the final product will be lucky to be 30,000 words.
I’ve really started brain dumping now. I’ve got over 33,000 words and there’s plenty where they came from. Having said that, when I edit this puppy, I think at least half of what I’ve written will not make the cut. There’s just too much talking…blah, blah, blah and not enough action.
But, it’s been a fantastic experience and it’s still not over. I’ve got just over a week and I’ve still got lots of stuff that I’ve been jotting down in notebooks all over the house.
With a bit of luck, I may be able to recycle some of the bits I cut from the final 50,000 words into something else. There’s bits I really like, but in the context of the story, they’re a bit superfluous. In NaNoWriMo, superfluousness counts.