Should be Reading hosts a “Teaser Tuesday”.
Here is mine.
From Dune, by Frank Herbert. page 256.
Paul saw his mother beside him as a cloudy grey movement, “If we could only risk a little light,” he whispered.
“We have other senses than eyes,” she said.
Yes, 50,000 words and 24 days of writing like a maniac. I have submitted my text for the word count and am, officially, a NaNoWriMo winner, 2010.
Now, I just need to finish the damn story! I think there are around 10,000 more words to write to tie up the plot. Then I will leave it a few weeks to simmer, before reading it again.
If I find any merit in this piece of work, I will spend some time editing like mad, before I decide what to do with it.
It has been an experience.
Can’t wait till next year.
Over 5,000 words today. A personal best!
I was making up for a day missed yesterday. Only 261 words to go. Best of all, I have the last two sections of the novel mapped out, so the end is in sight.
But I have to stop. Enough is enough. My brain is hurting.
Today I am writing easily and have no problem with the plot. Words are flowing. I have even managed to note down a rough outline of the next section of the novel – although not to the end. That is still, as yet, uncertain and I like it like that. This is the joy of NaNoWriMo writing. It is seat of the pants stuff.
50,000 words is not the problem.
My main concern now is this. There is NO WAY that I will finish this story by the 30th November.
I am currently reading Brian Aldiss, The Dark Light Years, a book of 159 pages. At roughly 1,000 words per 3 pages, I reckon his book is almost exactly 50,000 words long. If he can write about alien civilisations, invent a futuristic world, multiple characters, discuss the nature of intelligence and cover two deep space expeditions, all within 50,000 words, then I should be able to write about a couple of weeks in the life of an obsessional teenager with the same concise brevity.
Now, I have to resist the temptation to start back at the beginning and do some serious editing ….
Resist! I must resist!
Didn’t start writing until 5pm today. Was putting it off. But then I got going and the words just started flowing; 2655 words so far. And there may be more to come later today.
Something unexpected happened in the plot. It wasn’t planned. It just happened. And it provides a nice linkage to what comes next in the storyline.
So, my word of the day is: serendipity, the propensity for making fortunate discoveries while looking for something unrelated.
Ruth Livingstone 