Day two of NaNoWriMo, and I am still not writing on my novel. I am still working out the kinks in my plot, so my novel will be easier to write.

I am an organic writer, have written most of my work that way, but found that it is almost impossible to edit the work. The plot goes everywhere, the characters aren't consistent throughout the book, making it all work is costing me a lot of time and energy, and it is frustrating as heck. 

So for this nano I decided it was time to change that.The plotting is unexpectedly fun, I have already shaken up the plot several times, from changing the heroine of the story (as I realized the heroine I wanted for him, was way better for my MC's best friend), to finding more and more motivations, quirks, gifts of the characters in the book, even for some of the C-cast :)

I would have had these revelations during my organic writing too, the difference is, that I changed the book halfway through the story (happened literally with a book I wrote two years ago, I decided my MC was way better matched for another character, and changed mid writing), now I change it in my outline, and its way less work :)

I think my outline will be done tonight, so I can start writing my book tomorrow. I have no doubt it will still be hard work, but I have learned a lot from plotting a book out beforehand. Who knows, I might finally get to send a book to a publisher next year!

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