I’m still plugging away on my NaNo novel. Something has happened that, frankly, I halfway expected. Although I had a scene outline coming in the NaNo, the novel has strayed quite a bit off track.
What do you do when the novel (or the characters) have a mind of their own? For me, the answer is to allow them to “have their head” so to speak. So, I’m making progress on the novel, but I have no outline to speak of. Although I’m concerned about making my word count, I’m more concerned with writing another novel that needs a complete rewrite (like last year!).
So… I’m going to take tomorrow night of from writing and spend the night re-plotting instead. Yes, that will put me behind, and I’m already a bit behind where I really wanted to be. However, I think it will be worth it.
Anyone else facing something similar?
Also, just to let everyone know that my short story, The Betrayed, will be appearing in a few months in Bewildering Stories. I’ll put up a link as soon as I have it.
I’m pretty sure I’m going to run out of novel before I hit 50,000 words. So I’ve been taking spare moments here and there to think about how I’m going to flesh out some of my earlier scenes to up the word count. It won’t just be padding; there’s plenty of room for growth. But I’m not even halfway through, and I anticipate getting to the “end” within another 10,000 words. That’s a bit earlier than I’d planned. Good luck with your plotting