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Current mood:

tired

NaNoWriMo, Day 26 - Life
I woke up yesterday around 3 pm (after finally having fallen asleep at around 8 am), and I haven't slept since.

Twelve thousand words to write, and less than five days to do it in. It seems like nothing. In the three years I've done NaNoWriMo, I've never been this close. Now, if only I could stop procrastinating.

My novel is crap. The characters have no depth whatsoever, and when they interact, they do it in a ridiculously unrealistic way. None of them are likeable - understandable, maybe, but likeable? No.

I forgot half the points I wanted to make in it, and the things I wanted to do.

There are at least two horrible cliché moments in the plot that I'm consciously aware of at this moment.

The writing is beyond bad. Subject Verb Bla. Subject Verb Bla. Suddenly, Subject Verb Bla.

I had a happy ending in mind for one of the characters I identify most with, until I realised she's a whiny, angsty bitch. She doesn't deserve a happy ending, so she's getting what's coming to her. (I don't care if that breaks traditional conventions or reader's expectations - if I think she's obnoxious, then surely so will anyone who reads it, which means we'll all get to feel really happy about the way she's going to end up.)


God, I love NaNoWriMo. It's going to be so much fun editing this mess. (And I mean that! It's not sarcasm. I'm having the month of my life.)