Day One

Well, day one appears to be in the books, or in Chapter One for me. I didn't make my personal goal of 2,500 words today, but I made the NaNo goal of 1,667 (actually hit 1700). I'm not done with Chapter One at this point in time, but it looks like 2,500 words might actually be close to what is necessary. On the other hand, what was written today is full of verbosity, run-on sentences, and at least one info-dump. So when I go back through and trim the chapter may it end up being closer to 2,000 words. I'm also not convinced this is the beginning of the story, but that may be due to said info-dumb. There's a lot happening to Rin, and it all centers around the weirdness that is the world north of the Frostwood.

I knew I would have trouble not 'constant editing' and I sure did. There was a good page gone before I loosened up enough to just type. Even then I was popping back up and changing stuff. At least towards the end it was due to either forgetting a plot point I had added at the last minute (happened once) or I needed to add a mini flashback for explanation.

There are still some weak points in the underlying concept of the 'bad guy'. None of those change the plot, and I'm hoping they'll just get worked out in the writing. I still maintain that I'm a discovery writer, and in the past that's how I've worked out plot issues. I have never done it with a novel though.