La Vie Boheme

NaNoNotSoMuch

NaNoWriMo is officially over for me this year. The novel wasn't working, the process of writing at breakneck speed wasn't working, in short, I wasn't working. I learned so many valuable lessons from NaNo 2001, but I think I'm done with the concept now. I've learned that I can write a novel without that outside goading, and in fact, it turns out a lot better that way.

Instead, I'm focusing on a couple of short stories, one of which may wind up as a larger work (i.e., the story formerly known as "Alabaster Stones"). I forgot for a little while how to write for fun, with no goal in mind other than to enjoy writing and tell a story. So that's what I'm doing now.

Part of my brain insists that I've failed somehow, but with one novel already written this year, it's pretty easy to shut that part of my brain up.