Monthly Archives: November 2008

I’ve gotten my first 5212 words done, so I’m officially ahead of the mark by a whole day (the day three goal is 5001 words). Funny thing is, I still couldn’t tell you what my novel is going to turn out to be about…that’s part of how I write. Stephen King’s described it as digging a fossil out of the dirt, uncovering it gradually and carefully, and that’s the best description I’ve come up with for my own writing style. I don’t think too hard, on that first draft, about planning or outlines, I just go wherever my characters decide to take me.

It’s the second and third drafts where all of that other stuff happens. After all, as any NaNoWriMo’er will tell you…Editing is for December.