Well, my outline for my NaNoWriMo book is almost twenty pages long, and the characters are yelling that they want to get out of the cheapo outline and into an actual story. I’ve reached the point where I feel like I’ve outlined as much as I can; if I do any more, the story and the setting are going to bog down in my head. Now that I have the general arc of the plot and a good idea of the characters, I really want to start writing.
And tomorrow it starts! From November 1-November 30, I need to write about 1,700 words a day; I’ll probably be shooting for 2500 or so, just to ensure that I can take an occasional day off if needed, or for some breathing room if I get bogged down at any particular point, and also so that I have some extra time to wrap it up if I overshoot the 50,000 words.
Seven hours to go! Although it remains to be seen if I’ll actually start writing at midnight; chances are good I’ll still be at a Halloween Party.
