I'm going to keep working on my NaNoWriMo novel, currently titled 'Timeclock Adjustment' until it's done.
715 words written today.
19,495 words total since the end of NaNoWriMo.
I'm making slow but steady progress on this first draft of the book, but I'm coming to the conclusion that it's going to be a pretty dull read.
There's nothing putting the pressure on the characters, of time running out or a desperate need to move forward. There's the risk that the single father might lose his 16 year old daughter to social services, but beyond that, it's largely an internal struggle as the main character loses more and more memory.
I keep trying to think of angles to add in some drama - a diabolical corporation, a crazed ex, an enemy from their past, an angry drug lord... but how would any of these help tell the story? Wouldn't an injection of action for its own sake seem superfluous? In the end, maybe the story concept would be better as a short story or short novella. Maybe I'll finish the first draft and then cut everything but the most necessary 1/3. Hm.
I need to take a few weeks off from the book and let it simmer a bit - I've been working on it nonstop for two months now.
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