Yes, November around the corner. Get Hallowe’en, or possibly the Hallpwe’en party out of your system and the very next day… NaNoWriMo starts again. After last year’s first and (to some extent) failed attempt, in addition to current commitments, I’ve been intent on ignoring it this year. In fact until last weekend I was convinced I’d pay it no attention; but…
But I have a story which I’ve been working on and it looks destined for the trash bin – it’s going nowhere and when it starts becoming a stone around your neck you have to think twice about investing time and effort into it. However, thanks to some positive input from a friend, I’ve decided that the idea itself isn’t a bad one – I just cocked-up on how it was presented. It needs a back-to-the-bare-bones rewrite, a complete rewrite, which after 12,000 words doesn’t make me the happiest bunny in the warren but still… Anyway, NaNoWriMo could be a darned good excuse to do such a rewrite, because it will be a new novel – the only thing I’d have kept is the idea behind it. Characters, settings etc. will all be new – they HAVE to be new, as it is not working in its current form.
So; stuck for ideas for the first of November? Dig out your skeletons on Hallowe’en and try to put some meat on those bones.
Reflections: Word up, word out 