Well, I typed more than I have ever done this year than
previous years. I managed just over 30,000 and finished the first seasonal
bundle of stories for December - March and started into April - August. Just
needing to finish July and August for that bundle.
I’m happy with the volume I was able to produce, but must
admit I didn’t turn off my internal editor. I found myself editing the lines
during the typing process and making sure the storylines were making sense.
Whether it was because I was working with my publisher to get these stories
done or because I was writing under a different persona...maybe it was due to
actually having a story idea or that they were short stories I was writing...I
didn’t find my self-editing too distracting or argumentative.
I must admit writing one erotic story after another was
starting to wear on me. I was getting a little tired of the genre and setting
the flow of scene and story to match. I need to get back and finish, but life
tossed in a surprise which tossed me out of the writing for a couple of days. I
could have forced myself back in, but mentally I skipped out. The lack of reaching
50,000 was more mental-done-in than critical editor.
Will I attempt again next year? I don’t know. I enjoy the
people in our region. I like the idea of the challenge, but I don’t think Nano
is for me no matter the persona.
I have ideas for a set of short stories under my real name
and because I’ve written as Theadora, I believe she’s shown me the method I
need to use to get those written. In other words, by wearing a different
persona, I’ve had my eyes open to lessons I thought I knew.
Who knows, depending on how the next eleven months go maybe
I’ll attempt Nano under both my writing names. This year I’ve finally learned
that I can prepare for Nano...semi-plotter now. I can reach the daily writing
goals. Writing short stories eases the mental pressure. And my internal editor
isn’t such an enemy after all.
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