The Winner’s Circle

I did it! I hit 50,000 words! According to NaNoWriMo rules, that means I’ve written a book and have won.

Of course, I haven’t really finished yet. I estimate I’m about two thirds the way through. Maybe a bit more. I still have the most pivotal scene to write – the one the whole book is based on.

I seriously considered taking the story a slightly different way and skipping the pivotal scene all together. I’ve noticed that often when book is written to support a particular scene then that scene will not fit well and need to be removed afterward. It sounds illogical, but I’m not the only one to have written such a book.

On the other hand I have included some truly outlandish and poorly supported scenes and received compliments for them from my beta readers. Considering this one is very well supported, it makes more sense to go for it, even if the logic of the book would have taken me a slightly different direction normally.

As with everything in a rough draft, I can always take it out later.