Thoughts upon moving from one literary endeavor to another
So Nanowrimo is over. And I finished the novel in November for once - just barely - as noted in my previous post.
And now it is going to sit in a metaphorical drawer (which is to say, unopened on my computer and on my flash drive) until at least January.
In the meantime, I need to move my brain to something else, so I picked up last year's Nano novel, because I was in the middle of working on editing it when November started, so it seemed like a good idea to go back to it.
On the plus side, Alexis's voice (last year's) is different from Ben's (this year's), which is a good thing. I hear her differently in my head, and I wrote her differently.
On the minus side, I am having such a tough time focusing back in on the other novel now. I am still so rooted in this year's that it is hard to go back to a different project.
I've never done this before, moved from one project to another in such a short timespan. And I had no issues moving in the opposite direction - when November began and I put down last year's to start this year's.
Anyway, it's interesting, and I felt like sharing - so I did.
And now it is going to sit in a metaphorical drawer (which is to say, unopened on my computer and on my flash drive) until at least January.
In the meantime, I need to move my brain to something else, so I picked up last year's Nano novel, because I was in the middle of working on editing it when November started, so it seemed like a good idea to go back to it.
On the plus side, Alexis's voice (last year's) is different from Ben's (this year's), which is a good thing. I hear her differently in my head, and I wrote her differently.
On the minus side, I am having such a tough time focusing back in on the other novel now. I am still so rooted in this year's that it is hard to go back to a different project.
I've never done this before, moved from one project to another in such a short timespan. And I had no issues moving in the opposite direction - when November began and I put down last year's to start this year's.
Anyway, it's interesting, and I felt like sharing - so I did.