I worked on my NaNoWriMo novel tonight after a brief hiatus. I didn’t go back over what I’d written before, or even try to start where I’d left off. I knew there was going be a scene later in the story in which my hero and heroine meet up with the hero’s former girlfriend. I really wanted to write that scene and have some fun with my heroine (my POV character)—and so that’s exactly what I did.
I’ve done this a few times in the course of my NaNo novelling. If a scene seems clear to me I write it. Then I go back and fill in the bits in between later. There’s no way my internal critic can get up to high doh about continuity of mood or voice or action or anything else, because I’ve taken her out of the equation with my “I’ll fix it later” mantra.
I’m sure my internal editor will declare serious payback when it comes to pulling the whole thing together into an actual readable story. But that’s fine with me. She can just sit and do her knitting until then. For now, I’m enjoying the ride.
Anyone else play around with your stories like this? I’d love to hear how it works for you.
I’m so structured…I really need to try this. It might be just the spark I need to get back on the NaNo track.
My son is going to make it to 50,000 words but not me. I’m just going to have fun and this is one way I can do it. I have enough everyday chores. This month, writing is not going to be one of them. Good luck with getting back on track. You can do it!