Been a good while since I posted. A lot happened the last week of Nanowrimo. I’d planned to stay up Saturday June 30 and write until 11:59 when Camp ended. There was one problem with that idea – we got a major blackout that lasted for 9 days. It happened on June 29. Dang Murphy and his law.
It’s not that I would have won, because I wouldn’t have. My story went nuts, I lost control of it, and in the end had only written a 30,000+ novel. I think one of the biggest problems with the story is that it could have been written between 25,000 – 30,000 words with ease. Trying to stretch that sucker into 50,000 words was totally beyond me. So that’s how Camp Nano June ended.
Camp Nano August starts in 8 days. This time around I’m doing things differently. I’m creating scene and transitions cards (3 x 5) for the entire story. That way I can line them up and see where I’m going, and get that full 50,000 word count without too much suffering. lol
If I don’t like something, I can either change the card or switch locations. Since I’ve kicked all the cats out of the cottage (except Jeffie the Cat at night) I can lay the cards on the floor. Definitely couldn’t do that when the cats were in.
Anyway, the name of the story this time around is, “The Crazy Knight of Titchfield. Yip, same town, and still part of the Pickles and Piper Mystery series. I’m also editing the June novel. That’s almost an entire rewrite. I’m making scenario cards for it as well and see if I can salvage that sucker.
That’s where I am now. Oops, left out one. I’m also writing short stories. One that’s in the first edit stage is, “There’s a Dinosaur in My Creek!” It’s a lot of fun.
So that’s it! Off to work on those scenario cards.
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