Happy November everyone! I had really hoped to be announcing my success with book 2. Alas, life’s activities kept creeping in, and my visions for last few scenes never solidified. I did make major progress, though, and I overcame a mega scene hurdle that had me stuck for months. Woot! Now, all I have left are three chapters I have to work through, and then I’ll be able to tackle another set of problems concerning one POV’s flow. His chapters don’t fit with the other three until they intersect like at 75%, so it’s not a seamless transition and it’s giving me trouble. I’m not sure how I’ll handle it just yet. But my main goal is finishing these last three chapters before the end of the year. I think I can do that. *crosses fingers*
IWSG Question of the Month – November is National Novel Writing Month. Have you ever participated? If not, why not?
I have multiple times, and I’ve won multiple times, but dang has it caused a mess in the book that I’ve been trying to detangle for the past decade. I’d taken the pants route with NaNo, throwing in earth quakes and monster attacks whenever I hit a road block. I’d actually written most of the POV I now have to fix during NaNo events, and I think that’s part of the problem.
Have you ever done NaNoWriMo? Do you ever write multiple POVs with different subplots? How do you get them to flow nicely?
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Sorry NaNo caused a tangle in that story. You’re working it out though. I’ve always gone into NaNo with a detailed plan. Otherwise, I’d have a mess as well.
I’m doing my own looser version of NaNo this month. Not sure how it will go, but I have to do something to get this manuscript done.
Good luck with those last three chapters!
You can do it! 😁 I haven’t written a multiple POV but I have one planned and I have some scenes down. It’s really tricky.
Sorry that NaNo ended up causing you more work. No, I’ve never participated.
You’re so close to fixing it all though.
I’ve never participated. Or written from more than two POVs.
Maybe that’s why I can’t NaNo. I have to be able to go slowly and do a lot of back and forth as I write.
Hooray for overcoming that mega scene hurdle! That’s huge!!! I’m so excited for you!!!
I’ve done NaNo a lot. I enjoy the challenge, win or lose…and I’ve done a lot of losing.
And I do have a series that’s multiple POVs and different subplots. I have to use a post-it storyboard and a physical calendar to help keep all the subplots straight. Sometimes they come together nicely, sometimes not.
I have all the faith in the world you’ll get those three chapters done by the end of the year!
I had a thought when reading about your POV problems. Does that character’s chapters have to be written like the others? Could it be written in a different sort of way? Or added to the beginnings or endings of other POV chapters as kind of a way to frame those chapters? Just a thought.
Sorry NaNo caused some problems. I can’t write like you have to for NaNo, so I’ve never done it. November is a weird month for me generally, so I’ve never bothered to try.
This seems to have been a mixed blessing for you. Hope you can sort out that tangle and finish your book.
I never participated in NaNoWriMo. It is not for me.
Multiple POVs are tricky. I’ve ever written either one consistent POV throughout a story, or two, like in romance novels, alternating chapters between the two protagonists. Not sure I can juggle more than two. You’re brave trying the multiple POV route.
Know that the brain works on problems, whether or not we pay attention. So by the time you’re ready, your brain will have a solution all set for you.
Congrats on the near finish. Won’t be long now. 🙂
Nano isn’t my thing. My brain doesn’t work that way and gets too fixated on the time counting down. Yeah, even with an entire month, my brain can’t focus on more than “You have X number of days left! Now, one minute less of that time.” It’s very annoying, honestly.
Congrats on getting over that hurdle! It’s so satisfying to figure something out that has been giving you trouble for a while. I’ll be so happy the day I can actually figure out my book’s ending lol
Hi,
Scary monster, to liven things up – That’s what I’ve just done… and I was/am going to try,
counting a major rewrite as my 50,000 ,
Problem now not cold feet, but .gov.uk, yesterday, suddenly declaring where we live Very High Flood Risk. Will we be ordered to leave, or are grown-ups allowed to choose ?
Multiple POV ? Once read a Virago classic with only one main character, never off set,one POV, all the way through. That seemed quite strange. Frost in May, Antonia White. Intensely memorable though
I relate to those struggles with transitions and scenes that don’t want to be written. Sometimes I skip around writing chapters out of order based on my mood, but I think my approach is weird to most people. NaNo doesn’t seem to be a good approach for me, so I don’t attempt it anymore. Good luck meeting your goals!
I think it’s awesome that you took the NaNo challenge. That’s something I never did. I guess the moral of the story is to go into the challenge with an outline so you don’t get derailed. Good luck with your WIP!
I hear the word NaNo and I immediately want to take a nap. Best to you in the New Year, Loni!