Writing and More Writing

I broke the 30K word mark on my NaNoWriMo writing!

Okay, no one needs to throw a ticker tape parade or anything special like that, but I'm excited! The last NaNoWriMo in which I participated turned out to be a dud for me storywise. I completed that original story after about 17K words, then because I couldn't think of anything to continue the story, started writing a bunch of nonsense.

Seriously. I sat in front of my computer randomly typing words, copying and pasting sections that I'd already written, anything to get me past the 50K mark. Looking back, what prevented me from carrying the story farther than I did was how I approached it. I believed that to write the story, I had to start at the beginning and write sequentially, in order, never veering from the idea's timeline. So if while typing another idea popped into my head, I pushed it aside and forgot about it.

This time around, I wrote what I thought would be the beginning. Then the next day, a better idea came along so I furiously committed that to my computer and realized that I did not have to follow a strict order. As of now, a number of characters have changed sexes, the action jumps back and forth in time, many scenes have two or three versions from which I will either pick and choose or mishmash into a bigger scene. And I am having a blast writing. I like the idea behind the story, and the way I've approached it, the story is still intact, but I have been able to explore varying "what ifs".

By the end of this, I think my word count should surpass the 50K target. I am seriously considering editing and re-editing it to see if I can actually create a viable book.

Anything is possible.