I wanted to write about this year’s NaNo and what it did for me for a while now, but I needed a break and some distance. I’ve participated several times before, in the write-athon in November and in the ‘do what you need’ Camp Nano in April. While they always were fun, especially with writer friends being part of the ‘Buddy’ group, the result always was awful. This time it may be different. Perhaps.
So far, NaNoWriMo goes surprisingly well. I’m slowly able to beat my ideas about this story into a shape. Needless to say that I immediately see the flaws as soon as an hour or so has passed after I finished a chapter. But I won’t give in to the temptation. I’m plantsing this time, no chapter-to-chapter plan, just a very rough outline and I go with the flow and where the writing and the obstinate, far too chatty characters take me.
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