Less than 300 words

There are a few hours of novelling time left and I’ve accepted that I’m not going to reach 80,000. I was hoping for a last minute burst of inspiration but I think I’m all written out, to be honest. Still, 74,772 words in 30 days isn’t at all bad really. Maybe later this evening I …

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65,740 – Going with the flow

I wrote a pivotal scene today, so pivotal in fact that it’s changed the whole focus of the book. It’s one of the great mysteries of Nano that you can write the bulk of a novel thinking you know where the plot is taking you, only for something dramatic and unexpected to turn up and …

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