Most of my real progress on my nano novel is written down on notebook paper. A couple days back I came up with what my novel was about and I did a ton of outlining and thinking. I think a novel will let you know what it is about, if you haven't figured it out already in the planning stages. Knowing what I know now, my Plot Points or Scenes have changed. For instance, my Launch Point (the point between between Beginning and Plot Point One) was the meeting with the demon horse, a character that would change Walker's life. That Point got merged into the Beginning one and now Walker's capture by the evil, magical mist and mist-men is the Launch.
So, with all of these adjustments, some Points are longer than others. Launch isn't short, but the last Plot Point--Number Three--that I finished is long, weighting in around 6,000 words. The one I am currently working on, Plot Point Four, looks to be of average length. I plan on finishing it during tonight's session.
But that brings up another point. My plans for writing one day, editing the next, and starting the next section of writing doesn't working out well when I'm on such a tight deadline of one month, one complete novel. I'll have to do something about that. Not sure what yet, but it will mean changing my plans.
But that is all right. After all, although Sun Tzu wrote "[the] general who wins a battle makes many calculations in his temple ere the battle is fought", he also wrote that "according as circumstances are favorable, one should modify one's plans." Success as a writer relies both on the strength of your original planning and your ability to adapt when needed.
I'm adapting.
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