Nanowrimo – What Next? Part 1
Updated: Dec 4
Missing Nanowrimo? Feeling adrift and abandoned now the camaraderie has dissipated? Wondering what on Earth you should do next with your book? Have no fear, it doesn’t have to be over.
Consider this a necessary part of the revision process. You may not be banging out 2k words per day anymore, but your subconscious is still ticking away, working on that novel.
Step back. Stop fiddling with commas and minor corrections. They should wait until later. First, you need to follow a few crucial steps towards knocking your story into shape.
Take time to reflect and learn.
This is the period you can boost your knowledge about novel writing so that you can tackle your revision with more confidence and focus. I’d say start with story structure before anything else (three act structure). You need to understand what your novel should be doing and where, so you can get the pacing right, and all the details in the right order, especially any foreshadowing.
2. Plan to revise your novel in mid-January.
So, those are your first steps. In part two, we'll look at how to identify your main plot points and how overall structure begins to come into play.
