... so, I'm not taking my own advice. I suggested to my (ex) newbies that they take a day to fill in gaping plot holes and sort out glaring inconsistencies, but I haven't done that myself.
Reason being, after five nights off (the ultimate reward for writing 2K a night and finishing on the 25th), I really wanted to write again. So that's what I did. I wrote about 1300 words last night, about 1100 tonight. Small change, really, but this isn't the giddy dash of Nano, but a more leisurely, purposeful pursuit.
As for the plot holes, I'll simply pretend that anything that needs to have been written, has been written. If I realise that it is essnetial Mr Abroghast (I think I've spelt his name five different ways, but that is TOTALLY UNIMPORTANT for now) needs to have a trained monkey, I'm going to pretend that the trained monkey was introduced earlier. Frighteningly, I'm having to do this with my killer - he's meant to have been introduced at a grand reception, which hasn't actually been written yet, and isn't officially in the schedule I drew up ... but no matter, no matter. Sooner or later, I will go back and tidy up the first portion, but before I can do that, I think I need to know what is going on in the second half. Maybe Mr Abroghast won't need a trained monkey. Perhaps I won't even need Mr Abroghast in the end ... It will all be sorted out in the end. What is important is what I'm writing now.
If you have taken a day off, as a mental health requirement or to resolve major plot problems, it is improtant to start writing again as soon as possible. Leave it more than a day or two, and the difficulty increases expotentially. Leave it a week, and a little voice will start whispering, "Why bother, you're almost half way through December now, why bother starting, leave it until January ..." and I'd put money on you not writing a word in January.
So no more slacking. You've had your day off, you can take another night for editing IF IT IS ESSENTIAL, but either today or tommorrow, you need to sit down and hammer out your words.
