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This month's optional question is: November is National Novel Writing Month. Have you ever participated? If not, why not?
There have been more than a few times that I started NaNo and gave up about halfway through, but there was one time where I acutally stuck it out and got to that 50,000 word goal! It was in 2019 and I decided at pretty much the last minute to do it, so I'm pretty surprised that I actually accomplished it. The book still isn't finished, and I've barely looked at it since then, but I really would like to go back and finish it at some point.
I've talked about this book before, but it has the working title of Sexy Fluff #1. Just before that November where I worked on it, I had this idea that I could probably write romance novels a lot faster than the stuff I typically write. At first I thought, there's no way I can do this for NaNo. I didn't even have a plot, right? Well...literally the next morning I woke up with a plot. So I thought, why not?
It was a lot of fun to work on and I was proud of myself for actually sticking with it and reaching my goal. Unfortunately, I wish I still had the drive that I had back then in order to finish it.
I think part of the reason I haven't gone back to it is because I already have some ideas of what need to be fixed, and I'm not sure if I want to just plow through the first draft with what I already have or if I should just start over. I'm sure if I were an outlining type of person I would have an easier time figuring it out.
This is a tiny detail, but I originally had the book set in 2020. Like, actually naming dates. So, yeah, that's not gonna work. But at least now it's been a few years so I can probably figure out some future dates that will line up with my plot.
Maybe someday I'll go back and finish writing Sexy Fluff #1. And then maybe move on to a #2, and so on. I'd love to turn this into a series and actually get them published. My goal is to use a different romance trope for each book (#1 is rivals to lovers). There are so many options to create a plot around, I could be writing for years!
It sounds like you enjoyed writing this romance for NaNo. Maybe you should pull it out again, especially if you get stuck in the project you're working on now.
ReplyDeleteGlad you won that year. Yeah, 2020 is a rotten year for any book's setting.
ReplyDeleteRomance is a very hot genre!
ReplyDeleteAs soon as I saw the title of your post, I went, "Sexy Fluff!!" I do hope you find your way to finishing it, and whatever titles follow it. The goal for the series sounds like a lot of fun!!
ReplyDelete2020 ruined a lot of things for authors, didn't it? I remember I had planned to release a zombie apocalypse book that year. LOL
ReplyDeleteThere are so many fun tropes in romance!! Hope you get it figured out!
ReplyDeleteI hear you, sometimes knowing what needs to be fixed just doesn't give enough energy to actually go in and do the fixing! If that makes sense :p
ReplyDeleteI remember Sexy Fluff. I hope you figure out how to redo the dates. I'm guessing your plot hadn't included a pandemic?
ReplyDeleteI only get specific with the date if the plot requires it. That saves me a bit of hassle and headache.
ReplyDeleteGreat blog
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