I haven't done quite as much as I've wanted to, but I still feel good about what I have done.
I'm starting to have doubts about my story. I have close to 25k words now, and the average novel is about 100k words (give or take 50k or so). If I plan to write a 100k word novel, then I'm about a quarter of the way through, and I'm just not where I should be a quarter of the way into the book. The characters are fairly well established, and they're moving along, but I'm not sure a reader would have the investment in the characters that they ought to by now.
But! That's not what I'm supposed to worry about right now. I'm just supposed to write. That's the NaNo philosophy. And like DBS reminded me yesterday "they" say there's no writing, only re writing. So I just need to create a story, and then I can go back and imbue them with more of the details that make characters lovable and loath-able.
I'm also a little concerned about my plot. Andrew keeps suggesting I specify my outline more and really plan the story through to the end. I'm so resistant to doing that. I don't want to know what happens ahead of time. I want to find out. I want it to develop organically. But still, the haphazardness is concerning me. But! Another NaNo thing is: No plot! No problem! That's kind of their tag line. So I'll just keep writing for now and hope the thing comes together into something more than just a fun little story about people moving around and meeting each other.
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