Sunday, November 30, 2003

The Formality of Finishing

imageI suppose after doing this twice I have a certain sense of confidence, one that almost replaces the actual act. I know I can write a novel in a month because I have written a novel in a month, so why do I have to write a novel in a month?

But I started a novel. So, I have to finish a novel. And so I did. I killed them all. Well, not everyone. Damon lives (mostly because he’s doing the killing) but Dympna, Brother Gerebran, Raina and the Minstrel are murdered.

I went over to The Coffee Table and sat in the back and had a little split pea soup and green tea with ginger and just wrote the ending.

time…..tally…...words…words/minute
6:30…..47,452…..122…..08.13
6:45…..47,871…..419…..27.93
7:00…..48,214…..343…..22.87
7:15…..48,650…..436…..29.07
7:30…..49,175…..525…..35.00
7:45…..49,830…..655…..43.67
8:00…..50,172…..342…..22.80
8:15…..50,455…..283…..18.87

The manuscript itself is a horrible mess. I abandoned using chapter headings back at chapter three, and I’m not sure I even marked breaks. I wrote the fairy tale piece as one long chapter, but it’s really supposed to be interspersed in alternating chapters. But if I don’t have chapters, how am I supposed to alternate. I suppose I only have four chapters ... I never did any spell check. I know there are several large gaps and other continuity errors.

But such is the way with NaNovels. For now I am going to go to bed with a gentle sense of self-confidence. Not only did I write a novel in a month, but my tally shows that I spent a scant 32 hours actually at the keyboard working on it. So how much can anyone expect?

POSTED BY Cybele AT 11:37 pm     NaNoWriMo

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During November it's all about me writing a novel. Sometimes it's about whalewatching. You know, and then there's other stuff.