Friday 25 November 2011

I'm a Winner!


Yay, my NaNoWriMo 50K words were validated and I got my winner's certificate and badge.

Now I'm trying to re-invoke my inner editor (which I abandoned during NaNo) as I return to the re-write of my 'work in progress'. I'm leaving the NaNo novel for a while, until I've completed the WIP.  Returning to it later, hopefully with fresh eyes, will either reinspire me or make me cringe at the sloppy sprint write style I used.

Meantime, at lunch with a friend yesterday, she gave me another idea for a novel.

So many ideas, and not enough time to write them all!

11 comments:

  1. (((Applause))) That's so great Paula! What a lovely feeling! I'm going to have a huge write in on the last three days to finish!

    Denise

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  2. Thanks, Denise, and good luck with yours, hope you manage to finish.

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  3. Well done Paula, that's a wonderful achievement :-)

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  4. Thanks, Sarah. The revision/rewrite proces is going to take a lot longer than a month though!

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  5. Well done Paula :-) And what a good feeling to have rediscovered an old friend and breathed new life into it. Thanks for your take on turning off the inner editor (in one of your earlier posts) - I've forced myself to try it with a couple of short stories lately and have really enjoyed not pondering every word as I go along!
    All best
    Karla

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  6. Excellent, Paula! I'm sure that will soon be added to your published list.

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  7. Hi,

    You did it! Ha ha, and now the hard bit... ;)

    best
    F

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  8. Hi Karla - turning off the inner editor was a new experience for me too. But I shall be back to pondering about words when I do the re-write!

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  9. Thanks, Rosemary - but it's going to take some time before it even approaches publishable standard!

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  10. You're right, Francine. Now the hard work really starts!

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  11. That is FANTASTIC news! Yea! :D

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