Okay, so I'm considering re-revising my NaNo novel from last year. I started revising twice previously, but have stopped. I really want to get the damn novel decent though! It desperately needs revision...
Of course, life is never straight forward. Firstly, I haven't finished my Camp NaNo novel. I mean, I wrote the 50,000 words, but I didn't finish the story. And I think I've touched it twice since the end of July. It needs finishing! But without NaNo as an excuse for crappy writing, my inner editor is tormenting me. Also, I should be studying. Damn school! I've been forced to miss some days because of illness, and now I feel really, really behind. But I don't want to not write either, I think I should be able to do writing and school, right? I mean, other people play sports and have hobbies and socialise.Why shouldn't I be able to manage it?
And yes, I'm still sulking about Manifest. For a while, I got over it, but just recently I had a hopeful bout of "maybe I could manage it if I just rearrange this and this and this...". And to the blues that my band played at the school talent competition thing on Friday and... well, I don't wanna say sucked, but it was... not good. As I said, I'd been sick, so we had one 30 minute practice before school on Friday and that was it. I should have organised more rehearsals, sick or not. If I had, it would have been better. Erk, I feel so awful about that. My last year and I can't even pull off an awesome, hell even decent, peformance.
Yes, so, back to the crux of the matter. What should I do: start revising my NaNo novel, or finish my Camp NaNo novel? What would you do? Advice is always welcome <3
Revise your old Nano novel. It's not quite as much stress as trying to finish your camp Nano novel--plus, other people can help you with revision! OTL probably not me though, I get a bit too enthusiastic? 8D;;
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Thanks for the advice, Verdi :) *laugh* enthusiam is not a bad thing, I just redraft in stages - the first one I'm more concerned with the structure of the story, pace and flow, rather than nitty gritty word details. And as well as being awesome, I think sending the manuscript out will be scary! I wonder if I'll ever actually get to the stage where I'm happy enough with it to show other people....
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