Letting it stew - for nearly two years!
Just looked back on the stuff I wrote for NaNoWrimo in 2008.
Eeek! I had a good idea of what I was going to write, but
didn't worry about the prose or anything. That's what NaNo is
all about - get that 50,000 down in a month, no matter
what. But it shows. Because I wanted the
wordage, I didn't use any contractions whatsoever, except in
speech, for example. Makes it look very ponderous.
Because I wrote it a while back, I could hardly remember any of the scenes, so it all seemed rather fresh, and it was easy to pick out the gaffs. There's loads I want to change, but there is the kernal of an actual story there. So, in a way, I'm quite pleased. But there's loads of work to do on it. And I might even change it from 1st person to 3rd! Heavens, what is the world coming too?
Because I wrote it a while back, I could hardly remember any of the scenes, so it all seemed rather fresh, and it was easy to pick out the gaffs. There's loads I want to change, but there is the kernal of an actual story there. So, in a way, I'm quite pleased. But there's loads of work to do on it. And I might even change it from 1st person to 3rd! Heavens, what is the world coming too?
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I should shut up now 'cause I've never actually done NaNoWriMo myself.
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