NaNoWriMo 2020 Wrap-Up
Dec. 1st, 2020 07:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
majorrThis was a weird NaNo for me. I hit the 50K, but I made a mistake going the rebel route this year. Turns out, without a finished (or large portion of a single) draft for one story, I don't get that feeling of accomplishment when it's over. I worked on a bunch of short stories and started a novel idea but ended up with only one thing I might end up posting after editing. As for the novel idea, I had a 15K-ish false start that I think I want to rework and begin again from a different angle.
It's weird to have just finished NaNo and feel like, okay, now I can start focusing on writing. I was focused on hitting the word count to catch up when I fell behind, and that distracted me from getting involved in the story I ended up wanting to pursue and from enjoying the process. I love NaNo and fully intend to do it next year along with at least one of the Camps, but the biggest lesson I took from this year: don't be a NaNo rebel. It doesn't work for me.
But I still came out of it with an idea I love, so I'm excited to get started on that as soon as I figure out the right angle to approach it. There are two different directions I could take the idea in. One is a more serious urban fantasy take and the other is more of a horror/comedy. I already have the main cast of characters mapped out from that false start I made. I just have to figure out what kind of journey I'm going to take them on when I pin down which genre I'm more in the mood to tackle. Should be fun either way.
It's weird to have just finished NaNo and feel like, okay, now I can start focusing on writing. I was focused on hitting the word count to catch up when I fell behind, and that distracted me from getting involved in the story I ended up wanting to pursue and from enjoying the process. I love NaNo and fully intend to do it next year along with at least one of the Camps, but the biggest lesson I took from this year: don't be a NaNo rebel. It doesn't work for me.
But I still came out of it with an idea I love, so I'm excited to get started on that as soon as I figure out the right angle to approach it. There are two different directions I could take the idea in. One is a more serious urban fantasy take and the other is more of a horror/comedy. I already have the main cast of characters mapped out from that false start I made. I just have to figure out what kind of journey I'm going to take them on when I pin down which genre I'm more in the mood to tackle. Should be fun either way.