That Was The NaNo That Was

[lizvogel]

I never did post my NaNo results, did I?

Well, my modified, revised, and thoroughly laid-back goal was simply to get Lightning Strikes Twice moving again. I did the first 50K of it in NaNo 2018, dropped it like a hot rock on November 30th, and hadn't touched it since. (I started 2018's NaNo already burned out, which was not the brightest move ever.) So getting it booted up again in my brain was an undertaking in its own right.

And... success! Of a sort, anyway. I re-read the prequel, re-read the book-so-far, solved a couple of minor obstacles, and wrote 3910 new words. Not a lot by NaNo standards, but enough to count as revivifying the beast. That got me up to the next major scene break -- at which point it was a bit like having to start the book all over again, but that's been December's challenge.

So, I call win. Yay!

Comments

[duskpeterson]

Hurrah! Restarting an old project can be dreadfully hard.

[lizvogel]

Starting, or continuing, anything right now is hard; I am a bear of very little focus these days. I do wish I'd managed to get the re-reading and other prep done in time to do a proper half-NaNo; I think it would have been good for me. But at least some progress is happening, eh?

[duskpeterson]

"I am a bear of very little focus these days."

You and the rest of us. My big victory this year was getting back to reading. Be gentle on yourself.

[lizvogel]

Eh, I've been gentle on myself a little too long. The lack of focus predates this weird year. It's time for me to get myself back in gear.

[fjbryan]

Hey, nice chunk of writing! Well done you!

[lizvogel]

Thx!

Nice to see you on Zoom, btw. We should do those more often!