What NaNoWriMo taught me..so far.

Thanks NaNoWriMo

It was perhaps a coincidence but I had an idea for a character and the desire to write her story just before November last year .
I saw that NaNo was starting and I set out on the adventure for the first time.

I wrote- and wrote.
No plot and no ending, I listened to my character and wrote.

No stopping to correct grammar, punctuation, spelling, just words as they poured from my soul.
I didn't even bother with chapters and I wrote over 50,000 words in the month and continued through December until the first draft was complete.
I did not always write in order, just wrote a scene as it came to me and then slotted it in. Left red writing when a scene became slow or sticky and then revisited it another day after leaving it in the background of my mind to grow.

The story now rests, brewing and maturing.
I am looking forward to reading The Finder and beginning the editing process.

I had read many times that the first draft should just be written, but I didn't think I could do it, leave a page covered in blue and red squiggles? Ahhh panic....

But I can and I did and I think it is a great way to get a flowing story.

And it was great FUN :)

I'll let you know more when I begin the edit.