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That's how long the nano novel ended up being once all the longhand was typed up. I finished typing the last word into the iBook today, closed the lid of the laptop and told myself, 'What a load of tosh and drivel and badly written bad!fic.' Then I opened up Chris Baty's Bible of Nano and was informed that it is common, in the aftermath of having written a novel in a month, to experience the post-nano blues. Also, I'm not supposed to be re-reading the novel immediately but let it rest 2 weeks at least so as to gain some distance. First, I will have to buy new inkjet cartridges because even in compressed format, it is still 95 pages long, which makes 46 sides of A4 (I print out landscape, two pages to a sheet).
Has anybody else experienced this post-writing slump where you thought, 'what a terrible lot of rubbish I have written'?
Also, there is a mouldy smell in the house and despite washing everything and throwing everything out, the smell persists.
I have things of a political nature to rant about re Virginia Tech and Baghdad killings but am too tired to formulate them now. Also, I want to do a post, now that I have finished typing up, on Wot I Have Learned From Nano. Also, suddenly, as relief from bad!novel, a bunny for a short pithy Aliens Made John and Rodney Do It came to me and I thought, yes, I must cleanse the drivel of nano via sex!fic. (Actually, my nano has a lot of sex in it as well. T'h has uncanny knowledge of me. He asked, "Does this novel have gay sex in it, and does it have some other people in it from the World Music world?" And I said, "Yes, and um, yes." He has trumpeted news of my novel to all who will listen. He says he hasn't seen me in such a consistently good mood in ages, possibly ever, and is all for this novel malarkey, except when he hears me saying it may mean a cut in my salary.
How do I figure out a title for the novel?
Has anybody else here written a novel (well, I know some of you have but maybe there are others in the woodwork) who wishes to share their words of wisdom on the matter? I think novel writing is really hard! Plot is hard, structure is hard, avoiding triteness is hard, canon-construction is hard. And getting my head around the idea that this is a DRAFT is hard. People who wrote a novel: how often did you revise your manuscript? (Be this orig!novel or fanfic!novel.)
I will now go to bed and finish reading Marina Lewycka's A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian wot is an excellent novel. Late tonight, our friend the author Phil Hensher comes to stay the night so I will quiz him further on all these novely matters over breakfast.
( Novels that I bought on Tuesday )
Has anybody else experienced this post-writing slump where you thought, 'what a terrible lot of rubbish I have written'?
Also, there is a mouldy smell in the house and despite washing everything and throwing everything out, the smell persists.
I have things of a political nature to rant about re Virginia Tech and Baghdad killings but am too tired to formulate them now. Also, I want to do a post, now that I have finished typing up, on Wot I Have Learned From Nano. Also, suddenly, as relief from bad!novel, a bunny for a short pithy Aliens Made John and Rodney Do It came to me and I thought, yes, I must cleanse the drivel of nano via sex!fic. (Actually, my nano has a lot of sex in it as well. T'h has uncanny knowledge of me. He asked, "Does this novel have gay sex in it, and does it have some other people in it from the World Music world?" And I said, "Yes, and um, yes." He has trumpeted news of my novel to all who will listen. He says he hasn't seen me in such a consistently good mood in ages, possibly ever, and is all for this novel malarkey, except when he hears me saying it may mean a cut in my salary.
How do I figure out a title for the novel?
Has anybody else here written a novel (well, I know some of you have but maybe there are others in the woodwork) who wishes to share their words of wisdom on the matter? I think novel writing is really hard! Plot is hard, structure is hard, avoiding triteness is hard, canon-construction is hard. And getting my head around the idea that this is a DRAFT is hard. People who wrote a novel: how often did you revise your manuscript? (Be this orig!novel or fanfic!novel.)
I will now go to bed and finish reading Marina Lewycka's A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian wot is an excellent novel. Late tonight, our friend the author Phil Hensher comes to stay the night so I will quiz him further on all these novely matters over breakfast.
( Novels that I bought on Tuesday )