Finished Nano this morning with 50783 words. It's a good start at re-envisioning Drum, and with the POV now under control, I think I'm finally on the way to telling this story the way it needs to be told. Before I get into revision though, there are a few more smallish items I need to situate between scenes in order for the plot to be more evident.
So, as I gratefully slip into revision mode, I will now be getting back to some longer posts in the Undertow area. I do this with a renewed sense of myself as a writer. Thank you, NaNoWriMo.
One of the interesting little decisions I'm making is the re-naming of Michael and Cordelia. I believe this is an essential action to take if I am really going to undertake this thing as a piece of fiction. I think it may be very interesting to discover what happens when I can finally start severing myself from those names! The book will continue to be called Drum.
I have come to a comfortably accept a genre label for this novel, Fictionalized Memoir, but I don't expect booksellers to adopt it right away.
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