Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
Halfway Mark
It’s just past the middle of the month, and I’m slightly ahead on the National Novel Writing Month project. I started out with only a vague idea, and it has thrashed around and become something else during this process. it isn’t what I wanted to have on the other end of the tunnel, but I’m not disappointed. I didn’t know what I wanted, I just put my foot on the gas, and gave ‘er.
Now, 30,000 words through the book, I’ve come to find other meaning in the events I wrote, and the places I have to go to close the loop of the story. I was talking with Axe about it the other day, and he had some great ideas that the book could evolve into on the next draft; ideas that outline my controlling idea clearer, and conceptional smarter.
So that’s the take away from this event for me so far, and I’m sure there will be more when it’s all said and done. This has been torture, but it’s also been a lot of fun, and it’s made me feel something. I can do this with consistency, I can write for a deadline.
It isn’t as high quality as I want it to be on my first passes, but that comes with time. I still have a road to follow though, and a lot of work to complete before I can raise my hands in victory. So I’ll quit writing blather in this little window, and go blather in another, far more important window.
Enjoy every sandwich.
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