NaNoEdMo?
HAVE BEEN DOING a fair bit of editorial work this morning, before nipping to the shop to get supplies. Was picking up a newspaper when a woman came in and picked up ‘Spirit and Destiny’ magazine and went straight to the horoscopes. After reading, she gave a melancholy sigh and shook her head, as if genuinely believing what was forecast there…apparently it wasn’t what she wanted to hear.
Came back and had a sudden energy slump. Randomly cast my eye over 2011′s NaNoWrioMo novel. Should really go through it – I can feel the jar of the bits that need fleshing out and editing, but on the whole I like it, and actually enjoy reading it.
A friend suggested I had a National Novel Editing Month, where I could take my novel and focus on editing it for a month in the same lighthearted way I approached NaNoWriMo itself – see it as practice for the fun of it and see what happens.
Perhaps this year I should have a ‘NaNoEdMo’ in November instead, if I can cope with not writing another novel. Part of me wants to write the sequel – last year’s is actually set up to be a series, or at least a trilogy, which was rather daring of me! Alternatively I could take another month and label it NaNoEdMo but that would take away from writing and editing my main book…hmmm.
Food for thought, though.
Update:
Apparently there is a NaNoEdMo. Designated month is March. Yeech. March is pretty busy for me…but I’ll bear it in mind. http://www.nanoedmo.net/ (@NaNoEdMo)
I like the sound of that, though a month just isn’t long enough for me. More like three months so NaNoEdTriMo?
Good luck deciding what to do. It is a good sign when you enjoy reading it back
Thanks Pete. Saw you had an editing progress bar on your blog…must get me one of those. I find them very motivating!
Let me know if you want me to send you details how to do the progress bar. I do like it.
I may well do that, nearer the time. Thanks, Pete.
The writing is the easy part…the editing, it gives me headaches…
Yes…trawling through all those words. Think I need to give myself a little section at a time so it doesn’t feel so daunting or wearying.
Have updated post after discovering NaNoEdMo already exists….50 hours of editing rather than 50,000 words – in March.
I’m glad I stopped by (via a #nanowrimo Tweet).
I’ve set April 1st as an editing deadline, but have made no progress toward it yet. March would be a perfect month for me.
This morning a coworker (an interested non-writer) asked why I could be as motivated as I was each day in November. Somehow self imposed deadlines are easier to ignore.
I’m ready to commit to a month of serious editing. Thanks so much, Lucy, for sharing NaNoEdMo!
Glad my discovery was useful! Am going to attempt it without putting too much pressure on myself as I have a lot of commitments in March. Hope it goes well!