What a week!

Hiya folks,

I'm in Day #6 of writing a novel.  I'm doing the National Write A Novel Month thing.  It's kicking my a$$ . . . but in a very satisfying way.  I've gone over 8,000 words into the book, with this simple 3-part approach:

1. Get up too early and write at least 1,666 words before stopping.
2. Ponder what happens next throughout the regular work day.
3. Get to bed as early as possible.

I know . . . it's complicated.  But this is what I do whenever I feel the need to mass produce.  It's a rough draft that I could actually finish in 30 days (God willing).  But that's not the sucky part.  The sucky part's revising it into a polished novel.

Seeing as this will be Book #3 (and I plan on doing this for a living), I'll figure something out.  For anyone else facing the future hurdles of rewriting a rough draft into something worth publishing, here's a link to a simple 5-step process for doing that very thing:

The Geyser 5-Step Approach To Revision
http://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/the-geyser-5-step-approach-to-revision?et_mid=522677&rid=191148924

It's an interesting process, one I can use bits of.  But frankly, I'm probably gonna polish my book 'til it shines and drive my editor insane. 

What I like most about this NaNoWriMo thing is that it can condense months of rough draft novelwriting into 30 painful days.  This frees you up to revise at a more relaxed pace. 

Even after November ends, I think I'll do all of my novels this way.

Well, off to dreamland.  I've gotta figure out how to further develop my main character . . . who happens to have a bomb in his head.