Finally finished the ending to my novel
Today, I finally finished the ending to my NaNoWriMo novel. My final word count is 76,654. It is 27 chapters long, and 260 paperback-sized pages. I'm amazed that I've even been able to put that many words together.
Now that I have a rough draft finished, I'm going to take the advice of others and put it away for a month or two. I can start working on some other works, and there are some writing books that I'd like to read. Then I'll come back on work on my second draft. I'm very happy with my novel so far, but we'll have to see how it goes with the editing process. I've never been too keen on editing before, but hopefully I can push through and get my novel ready for others to read.
I've found a really cool tool on the internet called Evernote. It's been really helpful in organizing all of my notes for my novel. I'd highly recommend using it. You can tag your various entries and then search for them easily. It even can search handwritten notes that you can upload with your phone or through email. It's a great tool...check it out at www.evernote.com.
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Rosy Cole says:
Objective
Congratulations, Sarah! You're very wise to put your novel on one side for a while. In fact, six months is probably better than three. I find I really need to get my head into a different space at that stage. One of the great mistakes I made early on was to set about revision straight away. I hope you'll have the courage to stick to your vision, view both the sweep of the story and each sentence, too, as an 'empty-headed' reader might, and, while taking constructive criticism on board, not be persuaded to contort your novel into something it was never meant to be in order to try and match fickle market trends.
Anyway, best of luck. And thanks for the info about Evernote.
Rosy
Remittance Girl says:
Huge Congrats
Huge congratulations on finishing your novel. I absolutely concur with Rosy, a couple of months of break is very good to get clear of the process of writing, and come back to it with a critical eye.