It felt good to cross the finish line on Friday with the last writing session of our JaNoWriMo challenge. It means I now have a rough first draft to work with over the coming months. And, although L was already there with her first draft, she continued to check/edit her work until the last day and has already emailed her opening chapters 'round our writers' group. Well done L! N had some bad news which threw him off course in the final week, but he said that JaNo fired him up and got him writing the start of a trilogy he had had in mind for over six months. So, we're all glad we did it and we're thinking about doing a similar writing challenge again soon - MarNoWriMo anyone? ;)
MarNoWriMo sounds good, count me in. Well done all of you for staying the course and look forward to hearing the results
ReplyDeleteThanks Karen :) Yes it would be great if you (and the rest of our writers' group?) could join in a monthly writing challenge in March. And I promise to share my JaNo results as soon as I have got the MS into a presentable state!
ReplyDeleteHaving the rough draft completed is SUCH a BIG deal! Enjoy your revising. It's my favorite part of the process.
ReplyDeleteThanks Barbara! Yes you're right, finishing the first draft is great, even if it does need a lot of work. I'm going to give Scrivener a go for the first time with my next draft, if I can get the hang of it!
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