NaNoWriMo 2019 (original) (raw)

I'm 1500 words off of winning NaNo with Steel with a full Saturday still to play with, so I thought I'd take a bit of a break to... write about writing. YEP. I was going to go to the cricket this evening after work, but the weather is shit. It's cold and wet and there's no heating at the Oval. Despite that, it's day one of the Test and we've already had half the attendance of the entire Gabba Test, and they had gorgeous weather. Suck it, Brisbane.

Anyway. I've tried NaNo once before with SH, I think it was during Tarnish, and failed horribly. Last year I challenged myself to 60k, despite being in Sydney for the first three days of the month, and still finished I think with like two days to spare. The pressure is so much more with SH. I feel like I have to make it good. It's not just a fun romp through the desert/forest/ocean/castle/whatever. This is the last novel! Shit's gotten real!

Also, if I do manage to get a full chapter done and posted tomorrow, I'll have written 11 chapters in a month. Even if I don't get that full chapter done tomorrow, there's nowhere near 11 chapters left in the book.

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8DDD

I am on a rollSteel right now, and there are a few things I'd really like to make happen before I go anywhere, just some cute little flavour touches. For each kingdom, I'd like to make up, say, ten of the following to have as things to pick at whenever they come up in-story:

Animals (mammals, birds, reptiles, fish and insects. Maybe 2-3 of each)
Fruit
Vegetables
Meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner, nibblies/snacks; 2-3 of each here, too)

World history would also be useful. Outside of what Yan was up to, I've really got nothing. Comes from living in a country with almost nothing recorded prior to about 200 years ago, I think. I'm not used to a thousand years of history. The more I've written of ancient history, the more tempted I am to make the founding of Raykin into a NaNo. Watch this space.

That's all I wanted to mention. Lessee about that final 1.5k...

EDIT 11PM WON NANO 50k :D

'narti originally stuck this at Dreamwidth cos she lives there now.