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The Morning New from #Vegas - #NaNoWriMo #AmWriting

11/3/2015

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Good Morning from Vegas,

Today is going to be an all-writing version of the morning news.

National Novel Writing Month is underway (otherwise known as NaNoWriMo) - and my effort to re-envision Preface to a Suicide is going well. Through two days, I'm at 11k words. Yes, I've hit a bit of a wall (tired, not writer's block) - but I have made notes that I hope will get me through the next few days.

The biggest issue going into this effort was squaring the 'old' facts of the version of Preface I wrote in my twenties with the 'new' facts of my fictional world as published in the ELLA book. Over the last decade, I've changed some key details/locations - enough so that many of the actual details from the old version of Preface no longer fit the story. 

That's why I chose to re-envision this novel and not 're-write' it. There are simply too many changes to be made, it can't just be an edit. For those that read one of the Preface drafts from many years ago, you won't recognize much in this new novel - but I do hope you'll see the spirit of the book has remained even if many details have changed. 

Today I hope to get through several chapters and re-introduce key characters. We might even get to meet George, but I'm not sure yet.

From Las Vegas, 

Stephen John Moran 

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It Begins! #NaNoWriMo 2015 is Underway - The Sprint to 50k Words in Thirty Days Starts Today

11/1/2015

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The madness has begun! The quest to write a novel of 50k words (or longer) in the thirty days of November started last evening at midnight. I didn't take advantage of the early morning hours to begin, but rather waited for today for no other reason than I hadn't made any notes.

That's not exactly true, I did have some notes made, but 'tore' them up as what I'd written simply didn't feel right. End result is I'm starting the sprint with zero in the way of notes. Now, I do have some basic ideas since I'm not starting on a completely blank palate. This is a re-envisioning of an existing novel - Preface to a Suicide that I wrote many years ago. However, due to how long ago I wrote that first draft, I'm not keeping almost anything from that old novel. There are settings and characters being kept for sure, but most of the plot has been torn up. 

So far today, I'm off to a solid start - having typed 2000 words and a page of notes on the upcoming chapters. Hopefully I can reach 3k words today. I like to get 'ahead' on my Nano efforts so I don't fall behind. 

With any luck I can reach 50k in 30 days. I hope you'll follow the journey.

From Las Vegas, 

Stephen John Moran 

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