Ok, we're about halfway through NaNoWriMo and I'm starting to think about how to clean up this steaming pile of... beautiful writing that I have accumulated as I meet my word goal each day. I'm on target to complete the challenge of 50,000 words by November 30th, which amounts to about half a novel. So while I'll still have the other half to write by the time December rolls around, I'm already thinking about editing. As I'm sure a couple other NaNoers are.
When writing my first manuscript, I came across a great article by Holly Lisle, titled: "One-Pass Manuscript Revision: From First Draft to Last in One Cycle." Instead of doing spotty revisions chapter by chapter, you savage the whole book in one go and create a masterpiece - or that's the theory. I've taken bits and pieces of Ms. Lisle's advice for other projects, but since my NaNo novel is exceptionally... exceptional, I think I'll follow her process from start to finish and see where it takes me. So good luck to all NaNoers. We're halfway there!
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Who the heck is Alison McBain?I am a freelance writer and poet with over two hundred short pieces published in magazines and anthologies. Check out my 2024 writing challenge to write a book a week at Author Versus AI. For more info, please check out my "About Me" page. © Alison McBain. All rights reserved
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