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I'm beginning to realize why people advise you not to start and stop when writing novels: you forget vital plot points! It's usually stuff that you never write down (that would be too easy) but its kind of creative crutch to lean on. I decided to write a roughly 100 page novel last April. After I got to 50,000 words (roughly 80 pages in) I realized that
A) Due to the nature of my writing in the book, 50,000 words did not equal 100 pages, and it would be at least another 20 pages until the end of the novel.
B) This is was not Nanowrimo, and without the sheer terror that insued from it that kept me going
C) It was no longer April.
D) I had three papers to write, and school
E) it was technically a novel anyway. Goal reached.
F) no one cared.
Anyway, so I put the novel "on the back burner". Now I have re-read the novel, to get an idea of where I was going. And I realized that, damn, I never wrote in some stuff. For example, my two main lovers in the story play chess (I actually started playing chess for research for the book and now love it)and there was a little something, I don't remember what, that Oliver learned about Anna that allowed him to beat her at chess. It was something about her character. Anyway, it was bloody brilliant, and I have forgotten it. This makes it hard to write both characters.
I will eventually cowboy up and shoulder on, but I would like everyone to know that if they ever write a novel, always try and keep going until the end, or else it gets harder. Also, if you give your protagonist nine siblings, do make a chart of the her family tree. Or else you will never be able to keep it straight who is who.
A) Due to the nature of my writing in the book, 50,000 words did not equal 100 pages, and it would be at least another 20 pages until the end of the novel.
B) This is was not Nanowrimo, and without the sheer terror that insued from it that kept me going
C) It was no longer April.
D) I had three papers to write, and school
E) it was technically a novel anyway. Goal reached.
F) no one cared.
Anyway, so I put the novel "on the back burner". Now I have re-read the novel, to get an idea of where I was going. And I realized that, damn, I never wrote in some stuff. For example, my two main lovers in the story play chess (I actually started playing chess for research for the book and now love it)and there was a little something, I don't remember what, that Oliver learned about Anna that allowed him to beat her at chess. It was something about her character. Anyway, it was bloody brilliant, and I have forgotten it. This makes it hard to write both characters.
I will eventually cowboy up and shoulder on, but I would like everyone to know that if they ever write a novel, always try and keep going until the end, or else it gets harder. Also, if you give your protagonist nine siblings, do make a chart of the her family tree. Or else you will never be able to keep it straight who is who.