Camp NaNo April 2024: Book People

Current word count for this draft: 44,000
Aim for end of the month: 55,000

YAYYYYY! You did this last camp nano, right? It looks like you're chugging along!

I did, and doing that made me realise I needed a whole overhaul and this new draft was born! I'm mostly done with one pov and have made next to no progress on the other... probably not the best method but here we are!

Ooh this sounds so good! Love the title. I believe in you!

what's going to happen first? me getting to read this, or you getting to read every reason why (new l+z)?? lol should we compete??
<3

@Carlito I think you have a better chance of getting an L&Z draft ready for reading before I have a reasonable draft of this one but we'll see!

Some non word count related targets that have come up as I'm rereading what I've got in preparation for April:

- Further develop Alfonso as a character. Why is he so hated? IM or email exchange could go a good way to demonstrate how he and Grace don't get along on another project and give him some more depth.

- Need some more orange flags for Fletcher. We need to question if he's right for Grace or not. Why does he like her if he's never been into relationships before?

- Olivia has a great amount of coverage in the first arc but then kind of drops out of the world. She's my favourite and I need to bring her back!

- Emily also needs more build up. Even if it's just a reference or two in earlier chapters. Chapter 17 cannot be the first time they meet.

Wow!! You're already quite far along!! Good luck with this project! This will be amazing when you are finished!!

DAY 1
Words written: 500
Month total:500
Manuscript total:44500
One line? Despite lengthy conversations about whether the opening is attention grabbing enough and whether a certain character’s development and subsequent redemption is actually realistic, she’s easily the most accomplished writer I’ve ever worked with

Spoiler

shamelessly pinched @Carlito's template, thank you!

I’m jealous that you managed exactly 500 words and your total word count is such a beautiful round number.

Yayyy great job so far!

thanks perks! @Carlito I definitely didn't finish halfway through a sentence just to achieve this...

DAY 2
Words written: 513
Month total:1013
Manuscript total:45013
One line? Nunez’s arm is still outstretched but when it becomes clear no-one is going to shake it he retracts it and offers a winning smile instead. I hide a laugh in a cough that’s fooling nobody.

DAY 3
Words written: 487
Month total:1500
Manuscript total:45500
One line? I don’t know that Ray’s too fond of that fact, but he doesn’t say much about it. The bookshop used to be owned by him and his husband Tomasz and I guess he never thought he’d be doing it alone. He’d be content to simply collect books and never make a decision about the business if he could.

Today's word count was a happy accident and we're back to round numbers!