So, this is the last Nano post of the year. However, I'm still blogging over on my main blog which isn't about Nano, but it's a mix of links, commentary, book reviews, science articles, and memes. This blog will be reborn sometime around October 2007 at a similar address (just change the 2006 to 2007).
And some final thoughts: This year's writing process has been a bit different than previous years. For one thing, part of the novel was purposely done in longhand. And second, I had written a timeline of the story on a whiteboard in my living room which I stared at every day. Towards the end, it was the visible timeline which had me writing like crazy. I wasn't going to leave out any planned scenes--that just didn't seem right.
But now that November is over, I'm taking a picture of that timeline and erasing the whiteboard. And I'll start brainstorming new ideas.
Because, you see, I have a new challenge for myself. I saw something on a Nanowrimo forum that I usually don't frequent and I thought, "Hey, I can probably do better than that hack." So this time, I'll be doing some kamikaze writing in December and maybe part of January as well with the goal of an actual novel instead of just fifty-thousand words.
