NaNo success.

It's been 2 weeks since NaNoWriMo ended and I'm finally beginning to regain feeling in the space between my ears.  I'd probably be completely rehabilitated if it wasn't for Christmas. In the last 14 days I've made 13 wreaths, 230+ ornaments, and 9 strands of garland—but this is Writer Wednesday, so more on that another day.

NaNoWriMo teaches me something new each time.  Last year taught me that I could be passionate about projects other than the fantasy series.  This year I learned that writing scenes is much easier than writing chapters.  I came across the idea on Larry Brooks' blog a few days before NaNoWriMo began.  He recommended breaking down the story into 60 scenes.  I don't know why that had never occurred to me before since that's how screenwriting is approached.  And I've always found scriptwriting vastly less challenging. Perhaps that's why?  Duh.

I got to work planning scenes and when November arrived and it was time to actually write them I was shocked by how quickly they came.  I was writing 3 or 4 times faster than last year!

My hope for next NaNo:  That I learn how to maintain quality of prose for 1667 words 7 days a week for 30 days.

My hope for next month:  That I remember how to blog.  Or even how to form a coherent sentence.