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In the meantime, I am spending little bits of my nights chugging away on a pair of projects for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). I don't know if I'm going to hit my goal of 50,000 words by the end of the month, but I'm not too far behind at the moment. I might actually make it.
On the other hand, copy edits for DEAD MAN'S DEAL (Book 2 in the Asylum Tales) is slated to land on my doorstep on November 21 and I have a feeling that those edits will put a halt to all my new words for a while.
But I don't mind. I've gotten some good words down on "paper" and I've gotten some good plotting completed (which is always the hardest part).
At the moment, I've got a solid chunk of secret project #1 complete. However, the story lacks structure and long-term plotting. In fact (as I warned my agent), this project has been me vomiting words on the page as quickly as I can type with the promise that I will swing back around later to clean it up. This is not my usual style. When I start working on a book, I have already made copious notes on the world, characters, and plot. I know where I am headed and who's along for the journey. My current attempt harkens back to when I started writing as a teen and I just threw everything down on the page, confident that the mess would sort itself out later. The whole thing is a breakneck race, which has been a lot of fun. I couldn't write an entire book like this any longer, but it's been a good experiment.
Secret project #2 is something I just kicked off and I'm aiming to finish the first chapter tonight. This one has a rough plot outline and character notes. I already know the things I need to accomplish for the book as well as how it's going to end. The writing will be slower on this one, but the main difference between project #1 and #2 is in the drafts. To get #1 in working order, I will probably need to complete 3-4 rough drafts. To get project #2 in good order, I will probably only need 2 drafts.
The most popular question among new writers is: is one process better than the other? That's the wrong question to be asking. The important question is: when the revisions are finished, will it be a good book? It doesn't matter how you write the book. The important thing is to tell a good story.
Happy Writing/Reading!
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