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NaNoWriMo Debrief
Dec. 3rd, 2018 07:57 pmCongratulations to everyone who participated this year! This was my first year participating/keeping track of my writing. Even though I focused on fandom words instead of original fiction, I'm glad that I participated. I learned a lot about myself as a writer and I reached 15,130 words.
↠I used to get really hung up on knowing exactly where I wanted the fic to end. I wouldn't sit down and write if I didn't have an end goal in mind already. But to keep my word count going, I let myself explore scenarios without being so strict about ending at a certain point. Doing that freed me up and actually made it more fun to write.
↠Along the same lines, I always tried to write scenes in order. But I realized that I could write the part that was inspiring me at the moment, and go back and re-order things. Encouraging my word count meant just writing the scene that was actually working for me when I had time to write. I can always edit my stuff later!
↠Beginnings are still hard, but I saw some advice somewhere about starting "in the middle," so to speak. Get to the point, and it's okay to do world building along the way or give more explanation later on. I liked that advice.
↠I also used to think that I had to clear my whole day in order to have time to write productively. But for NaNoWriMo, I encouraged myself to write even if I only had an hour or two. It turns out I can crank out a fair amount in that amount of time, and even if I have to stop in the middle of a scene, I will actually be able to remember what I wanted to write later on (for the most part).
↠I used to get really hung up on knowing exactly where I wanted the fic to end. I wouldn't sit down and write if I didn't have an end goal in mind already. But to keep my word count going, I let myself explore scenarios without being so strict about ending at a certain point. Doing that freed me up and actually made it more fun to write.
↠Along the same lines, I always tried to write scenes in order. But I realized that I could write the part that was inspiring me at the moment, and go back and re-order things. Encouraging my word count meant just writing the scene that was actually working for me when I had time to write. I can always edit my stuff later!
↠Beginnings are still hard, but I saw some advice somewhere about starting "in the middle," so to speak. Get to the point, and it's okay to do world building along the way or give more explanation later on. I liked that advice.
↠I also used to think that I had to clear my whole day in order to have time to write productively. But for NaNoWriMo, I encouraged myself to write even if I only had an hour or two. It turns out I can crank out a fair amount in that amount of time, and even if I have to stop in the middle of a scene, I will actually be able to remember what I wanted to write later on (for the most part).