Monday, November 14, 2011

Birth of a Novel Blog Chain: First Update

As you all know, November is the month when thousands of people sit down to write. Caffeine flows freely and hopefully, words flow just as freely.

I started the month with one idea, and now at the midway point, I have switched paths. But I wanted to give a quick rundown of each project here, since they are both different for me in a variety of ways.

NaNo Novel 1:
This book is told in the first person, alternating between a modern narrator and historical journal entries in another voice.

I'd call it a paranormal tinged mystery.

I wrote over 20,000 words on this project before inspiration struck. (I blame it on the cold meds this weekend).

NaNo Novel 2:
This book is told in third person limited, something I've not tried since the first year I did NaNo in 2009. After just three days of writing, this novel clocks in at 10,676 words. If I keep up at this pace, I should be able to reach 50k on this project even with my late start.

I'd call this a romance (another big change for me) with paranormal/fantastic elements.

Now, it's tempting for me to combine the word counts and proclaim that I am over 30,000 words already, but I don't want to do that. Novel 1 was becoming a slog, and I've learned over the years that it is okay to abandon a book for an undetermined amount of time. I may come back to it, but right now the story that is demanding to be told is Novel 2, so I will surrender myself to my muse (and reread "Twilight" to learn how to write a teen romance).

Make sure you check out the other Birth of a Novel bloggers to see where the journey is taking them:


Angela H.
Anna M.
Brooke Busse
Charity Bradford
Elizabeth Davis
Elizabeth Poole
Fida Islaih
Huntress
Jen McConnel
Lena Hoppe
Mia Hayson
Miranda Hardy
Nyxie Moon
Tessa C
Zoe

5 comments:

  1. Wow, switching novels in the middle? Your word count is awesome. You are doing so well. Keep it up!

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  2. Woot! Good for you. It's hard to switch gears in the middle, but it looks like that was a good choice for you.

    I likes a good romance. Good luck and happy writing!

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  3. Great progress! Impressive that you switched! I totally think it's best to go with your gut in nano, otherwise you lose momentum and I guess interest in writing. Or at least I do. Hehehe.

    <3

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  4. Wow, great word count. Inspiration is a tricky thing. Sometimes it is there for the taking and other times it slips away.
    Great blog.

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  5. That is some impressive word count! Well done :)

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