NaNoWriMo Day One.
I’m not officially signed up to NaNoWriMo as I’m already writing Chasing Shadows, but I have decided to write 50,000 words this month in order to finish my manuscript and get well on my way to publication.
Today, I started out at 19,305 words and ended up with 18,277. This seems like a loss, but I’m taking it as a win as I finally managed to cut down the 3,000 word long uncessary scene into something readable. As of tomorrow, I’m free to move onto the next chapter where the first major story arc begins, so I’m very excited!
Question- how do you feel about flashback scenes in a novel? I’ve written out several, but I don’t know whether it would be too boring for my readers to sit through them. Originally they were going to be spaced out through the novel, but now they’re nearer to the end and will probably be a single chapter (if I include them at all). Does that affect your opinion?