At this moment, it's about 10:30pm on November 30th. And my NaNoWriMo document is currently sitting at 50,131 words.
That's right friends. After 5 years of not reaching 50k,
I've done it.
There's more that I want to say about it. About, I don't
know, the process and the things I've learned. I came in here intending to say
all that. But I think I'll save that for next time. I wrote 7,500 words today.
I can't write any more.
But I wanted to tell you all, I've done it.
I'll see you next time.
Well, it's November. Which means two things. One, I forgot about October. Whoops. Two, it's NaNoWriMo.
So last we… spoke, I had a pile of tropes and character
traits and plot elements. Well, now I have a vaguely steampunk treasure-hunting
action adventure with a search for a mysterious treasure hidden by a long-gone
secret society. I'm actually pretty excited for it.
At this point, I'm not quite 2,000 words in. Barely beginning.
But I'm on the second chapter and I already have something I want to talk
about: POV.
For the uninitiated, that's Point of View. There's a lot of options for POV. 1st person vs. 3rd person (and yes, also 2nd person, but that's rarely used). Single vs. multi. Omniscient vs. limited vs objective. I'm not going to get into all the details of all the different kinds. Suffice it to say it's a matter of who we are following through the story, and how close we're following them.