{"id":2894,"date":"2015-11-30T07:24:42","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T12:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tellest.com\/?p=2894"},"modified":"2015-11-30T07:24:42","modified_gmt":"2015-11-30T12:24:42","slug":"nanowrimo-patreon-and-tales-of-tellest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellest.com\/nanowrimo-patreon-and-tales-of-tellest\/","title":{"rendered":"NaNoWriMo, Patreon and Tales of Tellest"},"content":{"rendered":"
Phew, now that was exhausting.<\/p>\n
As many of you may know, I participated in NaNoWriMo this year. \u00a0It was a completely new experience for me, since most of the writing I’ve done for Tellest thus far has been pencil to paper in a notebook before it’s transferred to the computer. \u00a0In that way, I end up editing my book twice as I write it. \u00a0For NaNoWriMo, I knew that I was going to have to leave that kind of writing to the side, or I would never make my target word count in time.<\/p>\n
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50,000 words in 30 days is something that seemed a little beyond my skills, but as of today\u2014with one day to spare\u2014I’m proud to announce that I was able to meet that lofty goal. \u00a0I’m a NaNoWriMo 2015 winner. \u00a0Heart of the Forest<\/em><\/a> is well on its way. \u00a0At that word count, we’re at about 100 pages written, and I’ve just started the twentieth chapter. \u00a0It’s still a long way to go, but I’m committing to a new task going forward, as a result of this first NaNoWriMo experience.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n From now on, I’m going to write at least one chapter of a story per week directly on the computer, just like I’ve done throughout this November. \u00a0It’ll be my writing in its rawest form, so it won’t necessarily be the best display of my ability, but it’ll fulfill my promise to you that there will always be more content from Tellest that is ready to read.<\/p>\n Now, this will go on to serve two purposes. \u00a0First, it’ll mean that there will be more stories to read at a quicker pace. \u00a0My guess is that Heart of the Forest will be around a forty chapter story, so I’m about halfway there. \u00a0At this rate, I’ll have it done by the end of April. \u00a0At that point, it’ll be time to sit down with it and throw in some heavy edits to make sure that it’s a story worthy of your attention.<\/p>\n