Welp, I've realized I need to rewrite my novel. All of it. (I realized I needed to change the point of view.) Gah.
I knew I was going to have to do some massive reworking - and making this change will allow me to address some other issues I was having with it - I just didn't think it would involve rewriting the whole thing. Thankfully I have a sense of how to start. Because otherwise I really would feel thoroughly effed.
Right now I need to be focusing on the marathon anyway, what with less than two months to go... and I have a baby quilt overdue... and school is about to start which always takes more time and energy than it feels it should... all of which is to say I don't see myself plunging into this rewrite in the next two months. But that doesn't feel good either.
So, I've decided this year to tackle National Novel Writing Month again. Or NaNoWriMo, as they put it. November - 50,000 words, 30 days. And use that time to tackle my rewrite.
And in the meantime I will prepare - more research and writing exercises. I've got my list and have started to work through it and am getting excited.
I have no idea if I'll manage the word count. It's so out of my normal writing rhythm it seems impossible. But why the hell not try. It's not as if I have anything to lose, after all.
(And if you're doing NaNoWriMo too, you can find me on there as A Crow, Chicago. I'd love to have company.)
Yours in words,
Annie
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