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seekingferretWord count for NaNo is at 47,500. I have today and tomorrow to write the remaining 2500 words. I'm not really worried. I wrote 4400 words yesterday and I have a pretty clear vision of where the next bit of story is going. Of course, I have plans to go out both tonight and tomorrow night, but if I have to, I'll skip out on the FreeDarko reading tomorrow to finish. I hope that doesn't happen, though.
Opening line of Chapter 144 is the silly "Reader, this chapter is gross." Jane Eyre allusion and a pun! Um... yes, it's going to be added to the list of reasons why I'm a bad person.
I've been thinking about editing. The original plan, when I entered the month, was to put this text in a drawer after NaNo and forget about it. This novel was an experiment in styles and characterizations and I would take what lessons I learned from it and move on. Part of me wants to continue with the original plan. This is a very bad novel, and sections of it are bad enough and out of place enough that editing would consist of deleting the whole section. But there is a skeleton here, which I've been sensing more and more as I progress, that might be worth holding onto. The meta-plot that developed, totally unplanned at the beginning of the month, is interesting enough that if I thoughtfully worked with it I might be able to get somewhere. I may try picking this up after Yuletide is over and seeing what I make of it then.
Opening line of Chapter 144 is the silly "Reader, this chapter is gross." Jane Eyre allusion and a pun! Um... yes, it's going to be added to the list of reasons why I'm a bad person.
I've been thinking about editing. The original plan, when I entered the month, was to put this text in a drawer after NaNo and forget about it. This novel was an experiment in styles and characterizations and I would take what lessons I learned from it and move on. Part of me wants to continue with the original plan. This is a very bad novel, and sections of it are bad enough and out of place enough that editing would consist of deleting the whole section. But there is a skeleton here, which I've been sensing more and more as I progress, that might be worth holding onto. The meta-plot that developed, totally unplanned at the beginning of the month, is interesting enough that if I thoughtfully worked with it I might be able to get somewhere. I may try picking this up after Yuletide is over and seeing what I make of it then.
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Date: 2010-12-21 08:20 pm (UTC)