short chapters
Now, when I finally started writing my NaNoWriMo novel, I found out that having short chapters is way more inspiring for accumulating wordcount. Telling to myself “I added wrote 1200+ words to a chapter that I’ll finish a day after tomorrow if all goes well” doesn’t sound as good as “I wrote chapter 9 today”.
Yesterday, I wrote two chapters, chapter 1 where Urchin (who isn’t called Urchin yet) leaves the hospital but her parents won’t leave the country (and she’s definitely not happy) and chapter 2 where she starts school and develops friendship, but it all goes off on the wrong foot.
I’ll definitely rewrite both chapters (or dispose of them) because I’m stumbling around horribly, blabbering on the side, trying to get the feel of my characters’ worldviews. That’s to be expected.
