Musing about November

NaNoWriMo

Entry posted by Camy October 26, 2011

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I'm trying to figure out what to write in November. It's hard, because generally I get an idea and off I gallop - which is NOT the way to set about writing anything of great length, e.g.: a novel. It didn't work with Seraph, and it hasn't worked for the last few NaNoWriMo's I've taken part in. I've ended up knackered and with a part finished piece I never seem to get round to finishing. Don't get me wrong; I think some of what I've written has been okay, but short stories seem to suit me better.

Last night I had the idea to use this NaNo to continue last years effort (Hellion), but from another viewpoint. With that in mind I started to re-read it, and was shocked:

A) by how fresh it seemed - well, it would as I haven't looked at it in months.

B) by how many stupid mistakes I made when writing - missing out words, bad spelling, awful punctuation.

C) by how obvious it was becoming that most of what I've been writing is set in and around the same world space.

The upshot is I have two realistic options. The first is to attempt yet another novel - or novella, and the second is to write a series of short stories. I'm still not sure which to pick.