NaNo Wrap-Up
NaNoWriMo did not go quite as planned this year, as you can see from my rather sad word count and plateau-ing graph. Not planning out my novel beforehand came back to bite me in the posterior.
However, the month was not a complete loss. I now understand my characters enough to actually be able to plot out a more cohesive story, which is far more than I could have said in October. I'm still excited about the idea, so hopefully I'll be able to share a little bit of it with you over the next few months.
One highlight of the month was word-warring with Victoria, who convinced me to get up at oh-dark-thirty the day after Thanksgiving. (If you have the choice between word-warring with someone and going Black Friday shopping, definitely go for the former rather than the latter). It was quite a bit of fun. Shout out to her for figuring out the time difference between us and staying up late to write with me.
December
Unlike last year, Christmas and New Year's don't fall on posting dates. (Yay!) That means posting will continue as normal, barring any unforseen circumstances. Please be aware that I may be without internet access or busy for long stretches of time, so I may be slow to respond to comments or emails throughout the next month. I haven't forgotten you!
Tuesday posts this month will probably be an odd assortment of topics while I get the blog organized for next year. It's likely that there will be an excess of sequel reviews for the next month or so; I'm scraping the bottom of my review barrel after NaNo.
Early 2017
I know that we've got one month left of 2016, but I'd like your opinion on the blog and where I should take it in the next year. Please take a moment to fill out the survey in the right-hand column of the blog. It closes in about two weeks, which will give me time to make changes and brainstorm ideas in time to get them rolling early in the year.
Got something on your mind that you can't tell me in the survey? I would love to hear from you through the contact form in the left-hand column.
So far, my plans include weekly book reviews and one other post per week. Beyond that, I'm pretty open to suggestions. I'll be speaking more about my personal goals for the New Year at the end of December or in early January.
Thanks for sticking with me through November! Again, I'd love to hear from you!
Oh goodness, I didn't realise it was the day after Thanksgiving for you! Sorry! I'm glad you enjoyed it, though, and it certainly made the last few days of NaNo easier on me.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad NaNo helped you figure out your characters, that's the important thing, I think. Besides, even if you didn't hit the 50,000 words you still have more words than what you begun with, so victory! Can't wait to hear more about it, the blurb sounded excellent.
No problem at all! We didn't have any plans for that day, so it was no big deal. :) Glad to hear it helped you out!
DeleteExactly. I'm pretty excited about the idea. I'll probably run through some edits on some old projects first before coming back to it, but maybe there'll be something to read in the springtime.
Thanks for the comment!