5 Things I Figured Out During This Year’s NaNoWriMo

The setup for NaNoWriMo at home, if I need to be portable. Long exposure lit by sweeping an LED flashlight over the scene. clickthing.blogspot.com/2008/10/tennish-anyone.html (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

With only one more day until the official National Novel Writing Month validator becomes active, I am left to reflect on what I’ve learned over the course of this NaNoWriMo.

NaNoWriMo Day 23

Waiting is horrible, even if it is only two days until I can officially verify my work.  It’s like waiting for Christmas for a child.

I am not all that keen on my ending.  Worse yet, I am trying to figure out some way in which my main female character can be with the main male character (the man she loves) even though she is betrothed (and I don’t want to to go the “man on the side” route either).  Is there some way in which she can break the betrothal without sending the kingdom into war?

My word count is currently 61,501, but validation usually mucks that up, so we will have to see where I end up.

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NaNoWriMo Day 21

I can actually write this one early because I have an early start tomorrow and Thursday due to work.  My word count will probably stay the same, and I still have yet to write the ending of my story.
Stay tuned for updates on all the Thanksgiving doings throughout the next few days.

NaNoWriMo Day 20

Now comes the annoying part, waiting for the Validator to activate.

At the moment, my word count is 60,072, with the ending of my story still to come.

NaNoWriMo Day 19

One plot had come to a resolution, but there is still the orc invasion to deal with, as well as the aftermath.

At the moment, my word count is at 57,791, well above the 50,000 words needed for NaNoWriMo.  Unlike previous stories, this one is no where hear finished yet.

Well, it’s almost finished, but it will probably be my highest word count for a NaNoWriMo yet.

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NaNoWriMo Day 18

The story is building towards his climax, and I realize there are more details, well, shocking revelations really, that need to come out.  The most shocking is why there have been no new shield dancers and song warriors born in the land.
Currently, my word count is at 54,806 words.

NaNoWriMo Day 17

Took the night off.  I’ll update word count later since I have Saturday off for once.

NaNoWriMo Day 16

Everything is falling into place in the story.  The dreaded secret of the scroll has been revealed, and the main villain has been tied not only to the kidnapping of the main female character’s mentor, but now to the parents of the main character.

In all of this, we still need to put the scroll into his hands, have a final battle between the hero and the villain, and stop the orc horde.

At the moment, by word count is 50,269, putting me over the NaNoWriMo 50,000 word count minimum.  But the story is far from over.

NaNoWriMo Day 15

The heroes have braved the perils of the Ice Plains (also known as the Land of Frozen Death) and have reached the gates of the armory of the song warriors.  Soon, everything will be tied together.

Finally, I know what the thirteenth scroll is, why the villain wants it, and how it ties in our heroes.  All of that will be revealed in the next few days as I build to the final conflict.

At the moment, the NaNoWriMo word count is at 46,838.

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NaNoWriMo Dilemma resolved

I’ve figured it out.  I know what the thirteenth scroll holds, and it is a dozy.  It also ties together the events of the story a lot more.

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