Comments on: NaNo – Day ohmygod there’s only nine days left!!

By: Thomma Lyn

Thomma Lyn — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 00:57:55 +0000

I was reading the comment trail, and I just loved the advice Nicholas gave to Wylie! Yes!

And best of luck with your NaNo novel. I hear you on looking forward to the second draft. My NaNo novel is in pretty good shape considering how fast I wrote the dang thing (and how mercilessly I gagged my inner editor, LOL!), but it definitely needs significant revision.

Happy Writing this weekend!

By: Vixen

Vixen — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:46:29 +0000

“…throw in one more dead body” that just made me chuckle out loud at work. And there is no such things as too much sex LOL

By: Red

Red — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:40:58 +0000

Christine, I am sending good vibes your way so you triumph sweetie! And too much sex – is there such a thing? LOL! I worried that about mine too but a fresh eye will just open possibilities, no? Hugs!!

By: Amy Ruttan

Amy Ruttan — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:30:49 +0000

I have to agree with Wylie. That’s why I had to officially drop Nano. I just wasn’t feeling the muse on it. The muse has been bugging me for the SDoS story so that’s what I’ve been working on.

And you take a break from writing. LOL I’ll believe it when I see it!!!!

By: julia

julia — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:26:54 +0000

LOL Wylie about Mozart! One of my mom’s favorite jokes is from ‘Amadeus’, when one of the courtiers tells Mozart, “Too many notes.” Yeah, right.

Christine, I find NaNo fatigue really sets in during this third week. It does for me, that’s for sure. The early exuberance wears off and I hit a point where I would need to take some time and let the plot simmer in my mind for a bit. But with NaNo there’s no time for simmering.

By: Wylie

Wylie — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:43:05 +0000

“You’re right of course, I need to simply tell the story the way it needs to be told”
I can’t take credit for that gem. It was much wiser people who told me! Including my editor, Thomma Lyn, Red, Nicholas, Leah… all those talented people can’t be wrong! And once I FINALLY listened to them, I realized the story was better for it.

Nicholas’s advice was the most succinct:
“Don’t worry about the number of words. A story should take as long as it needs, and it is the end of the tale that is the target, not the word count. As Mozart said about notes in his operas “I use as many as are required: no more and no less.””

Hmmm,… can one really ever have TOO MUCH SEX? LOL

By: christine

christine — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:47:42 +0000

Thanks Wylie! You know I tend to get sucked into the whole word count thing so much. You’re right of course, I need to simply tell the story the way it needs to be told and then worry about word count after.

But I have to say, I was hoping for at least 60,000 for the first draft and then go back and try to add another 10,000 in the second. It seems to be how I work. I’m just scared I have too much sex in this one and not enough plot…

By: Wylie

Wylie — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:23:03 +0000

Hey Christine – Sounds like your making terrific progress!!

And if I may be so bold as to offer a few words re word count because when I was struggling with the same issue in Law of Averages (albiet in reverse! – I was way over my count), so many people told me this: Don’t worry about word count. Tell the story as it should be told.
I know that contradicts what NaNo is about, but if extra scenes are thrown in just for word count, it might weaken the integrity of your story.