Week two of NaNoWriMo is complete, and my word count for week two is 27,122. I’m a little over halfway to 50,000. This week, I wrote like Jane Apatova, author of the Insatiable Series. Jane writes in a serialized method which was completely new to me. So, I did as one does and went to Google to search what serialized writing meant.
What I found is serialized fiction is releasing your work in different installments; like a tv show. This doesn’t mean you’re releasing your work chapter by chapter; what it means is, each episode you release is its own short story with loosely connected narratives. With that in mind, I knew I had to do a lot of planning. It also meant I had to write these sections in chronological order (for the most part). I shifted my thinking from writing chapters, to writing episodes. Looking back at mine and Jane’s conversation, I followed her advice about writing in first person. “If I’m writing from a first person perspective, I try to focus on the characters' feelings, what they see and how they understand their surroundings. How they interact with their world.” With my research of serialized writing and Jane’s advice in mind, I started plotting out my episodes for the week. It’s weird to say, but the easiest part of the week was plotting out my episodes. This week, I plotted out five episodes. Actually writing those episodes was more of a struggle for me. I had my outline next to as I wrote but the voices of my characters yelled at me trying to convince me to change my outline. The pantser in me was trying to break through but I forced myself to follow my outline. Every day I followed my outline and wrote in chronological order. However, yesterday the love interest of my story convinced me to write a scene that takes place during the climax of the story. That scene in particular was hand written and I didn’t document the word count for that scene. I was strict the entire week, so as a treat to myself, I decided to write that scene. Overall, writing like Jane in a serialized format was fun. I’d actually like to continue my research on the serialized format and write my stories like that in the future. Jane is a Kindle Vella author of Fantasy and Spicy romance. Her books can be found at the link below. Jane’s book, Kiss of Sight is spectacular and her upcoming release, Dragon Blood is available for preorder now. If you haven’t checked out Jane’s Insatiable Series, run to Amazon now! Week three is dedicated to writing like the lovely Sarah Sutton, a YA romance author.
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