Nano Day Two

I'm taking a break from Nano'ing and thought I'd blog. It's going well. I'm very pleased with what I learned from last year and how it's coming out this year. Five thousand, five hundred words in two days. Woohooo! It's a miracle. I didn't have an outline or a plot (you know plot is my biggest weakness if you know me at all). But I had a small family of characters in mind. And so far, they are coming out onto paper fairly easily.

I know that won't last. But so far, so good.

The biggest change for me, is how my chapters are shaping up. I'm not sure what it's called exactly, but the movement, the rise and fall of each chapter, is much easier this year. The tension and excitement of each chapter, that moves it to the next, actually exists. I'm soooo excited about that. I've been reading and studying how other authors move me from one chapter to the next. I'm a slow learner. I can never say, "Ah, Ms. Writer is doing this" or "Mr. Author used that technique". But i could say "ah, i liked that book ALOT!" and could think more about whether it's voice or plot. And noticed that it usually had alot to do with how one chapter moved into the next.

And this year, my chapters are starting to move.

Baby steps, baby!