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9287 for the first 5 days. I’m feeling pretty positive! I’ve been working a lot on finding a work-flow that works for me. I know I need an outline, but beyond that the last few projects have been shelved because I get stuck after the first draft. So this time I’ve tried moving straight to the 2nd draft after only writing the first act, heavily re-outlining based on the first draft synopsis. It's been a lot of work (20k word re-outline for a single act, yikes), but it has finally given me the breathing room to move past the rigidly chronological, over-narrating travelogue writing style that has annoyed me so much. I feel like I finally “get” scenes, and scene-transitions. It allowed me to put in a “leitmotif” scene, scenes out of chronological order, and even flashbacks! My prose may still be crap, but honestly figuring out how to structure the narrative in this way has felt a bigger and more important hurdle to clear. Ovenmaster fucked around with this message at 18:36 on Nov 6, 2023 |
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Just finished Day 10. Still going strong! Day's work: 1866 words. Total: 18342 words. Feeling more and more assured that the painstaking work I put into the 2nd draft outline was actually worth the effort. The story feels much more cohesive. Currently a bit over half way through the 1st act, so it's going to be a chunky boy, but far short of the 50k. I'll have to first draft some of the 2nd act for the remainder.
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Day 29: 1438 words. Total: 50.157 words. I spilled over into material that wasn't that well outlined, which resulted in me losing steam as I entered the last week. Luckily I had a significant buffer, so I completed the 50k a day early. 3rd succesful NaNoWriMo in a row 
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