Draft I - TNOM

Yo! Started draft 1 of my novel. Code name is TNOM.

I started draft 1 several times, but never finished it. The advice I have read is to finish draft 1 completely (even if it's bad) and to write an outline first to save the writer from wasting hours later in rewriting.

I haven't followed either advice. I now have a general plot, but there's simply too much scope and content I have personal insight on, to write the entire plot in one go.

I tried last year, and the best I could do is form a very general outline, with a lot of holes and inconsistencies.

Now I understand storytelling better, and I have lot more insight into how different disciplines work. So I think it would be a good idea to write more, and finish draft 1. Then.....see how I stacked against my idea of being the greatest writer, and then....rewrite, since I already anticipate a lot of character and plot issues.

I am hoping finishing a draft will give insight into what is missing in the outline, and accelerate other elements like the world and it's inhabitants. Aiming for around 110,000 words, which I think is in the shorter range in speculative fiction.

Watch this space for further updates, will try to tag these as news to not crowd the inbox.

I just created the folders. Here is a screenshot from Scrivener, the writing tool I have been using. I like it because I can keep track of ideas and writing together, but in separate ways. It had a steep learning curve, but overtime the approach I learned was scalable to different types of projects, like short stories.

8 scenes per chapter, will give 110,00 words... 45 chapters later.

See you later.