Yesterday was the end of week 2 of NaNoWriMo. So far, I'm trucking right along, staying ahead of par (just barely some days) and working on my novel consistently every day.
It's funny how last year I made almost daily posts for much of the month during NaNoWriMo. This year there's no way I would have had the time for that. I guess I'm busier this year. But I don't mind, because at least I'm spending the time on my novel. Prioritizing the time you have available is important.
Anyway, last night I finished reading through and marking the manuscript. I had focused on copyediting and marking revisions in the portion of the manuscript from last year, but when I got to the older portions of the draft that I hadn't rewritten yet, I started focusing instead on story development. There's a lot that needs to be wholly rewritten in the parts of the novel I haven't gotten to yet.
The good news is that it's all starting to come together, and I'm happy with the story development so far. Tonight I start marking the revisions.
It's becoming obvious to me that if reading through the novel and marking revisions took two weeks, I'm not going to be finished writing the novel this month. Which is fine, but I need to ensure that I keep my daily writing habit and keep working on the novel beyond November. I want to finish this thing and get it published next spring or summer.
Making the revisions I'd marked in the portion of the third draft I'd written so far should go faster, since I'm not reading anything and just making the revisions I'd already marked. Plus it's only about half the overall manuscript. The other "revisions" are mostly major changes, and I can keep the PDF or the file with me while I rewrite those sections.
I haven't worked on it yet today so my word count is still where it was from yesterday's session, but we'll be going to a write-in tonight, where I'll start working on making the revisions in the novel. Once I'm done making revisions, I'll be able to go back to writing the third draft, which is incredibly exciting, especially as the pieces of the story are falling into place in my head!
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