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A glace at the topic of national novel writing month, or rather, what to do once the month ends. Whether making it to 50,000 words or not, things don't end just because November is over. |
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We have reached the end.
Okay, bit dramatic start to say, congratulations on making it to the end of NaNoWriMo, but it works. Yep, November 30th marks the end of the month long novel writing challenge. We made it to the end of the writing challenge and for those that don't write novels, well you can get a break from seeing all of the posts and rants about word counts, plus panics on what to write and how the nanowrimo site says we'll finish by december some date or other. Either way, the month is over and time to answer a new question: What do we do next?
Keep Writing
I know for me, the novels aren't near the end of their finished drafts as I've worked on 2 of them for this year's challenge. 50k is a good start but for some genres that equals only about half of the novel, or for the particularly wordy writer it might even be less. If you're not at the end of the novel when November is over, you can still keep writing. Last year, I only wrote 30,000 words in November, but by summer of this year (2016), I finished the first draft at around 60,000 words. Slow progress is still progress and one doesn't have to finish in a single month.
Take a Break
Writing that many words in such a short amount of time, well it can be daunting. And if you're at or near the end of the novel, or just at a point where you can't fathom continuing, then it might be a good time to take a little break. It's okay to take a little time away from a project when necessary to help clear the mind or maybe develop the idea more before continuing with the creation of the tale. If you are done with the writing, it's good to set the novel aside after finishing the first draft in order to gain a little space before you take the next steps. However, if you're done writing this particular project but don't want to take a break from the hobby of writing then there is another option.
Write Something Else
There are many options and stories to write. You don't even need to work on novels. Throughout the site there are many contests and activities available. There is a forum is you don't want to let go of NaNoWriMo and want to keep chatting into December. My NaNo focused group does monthly and seasonal writing goals. There are other forums for monthly goals or challenges that one can consider joining. And there are contests. So many different contests are up and running. They are lost without entries and now is a good time to check them out. Maybe a prompt will inspire your next scene or novel. You never know until you know. Or something like that.
Either way. November might be over but I'm going to keep writing. What will you do?
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What are your post national novel writing month plans? Are you done writing the novel?
Last time, I discussed conflict and the need for it within our stories. Elfindragon was kind enough to give a response to the question posted within the newsletter.
Comment by Elfin Dragon-finally published 
I often have concerns about conflict, especially since I'm still trying to develop my novels.
- Glad I'm not the only one who worries from time to time about conflict in my novels. It can be a challenge and with novels it's even harder to get away with light conflict since you're trying to keep the reader interested for many many pages and chapters.
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