I've haven't posted much about NaNoWriMo this year, but yes, I have been plugging away at my new novel, Life Portraits (code name LP), under the disguise of a NaNo novel. And it has gone very well. Unlike past years, I have not been way out ahead of the word count, spewing less-than-stellar prose that is destined to be abandoned or rewritten. Instead I have been taking my time, doing plenty of thinking, trying to write a better product the first time through. What a concept. Maybe it will save me time in the long run.
And I think I have come up with a much better draft. I have reached the NaNo goal of 50k words in under a month. The novel is far from over. Actually, I am just getting into the complications in the middle section. Final word count might be as much as 120k, I think.
So I am still plugging away at it, and will be for another couple of months. But if you have never done NaNoWriMo, I highly recommend it.
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