I told you earlier that I would tell you about this, so I will: I wrote a NaNoWriMo novel in November (look it up if you don't know what it is!), though I used the Young Writer's Program, because I wanted to start out without pressuring myself too much, since I have SO much to do around that time of the year. I started with a word count goal of 10,000 words, though I had no idea how fast I could write that much, and I ended up with 21,212, and I finished the novel! It wasn't very long, but I concluded it and I'm really proud that I actually accomplished that, since it's often hard for me to complete something that I've started.
Then, I heard that CreateSpace was offering each NaNoWriMo winner a free, self-published copy of his or her novel, and I was extremely excited. I had already self-published a book before, though I wrote it in 4th grade. Needless to say, it wasn't very good, but I guess it was okay as a book for kids starting to read. To make matters worse, I made the mistake of sending all of my friends copies (and by friends, I mean relatives, teachers, family members- basically everyone), and I ended up with a limited number of copies left, with my name on the cover of a book that represented writing that wasn't my own after the passage of a few years.
Anyway, I was thinking about majorly editing and revising my NaNoWriMo novel, but I decided that I want to use my writing just from a month in my free copy. I don't want to have a polished novel that I've worked on for 7 months after November. I wanted a one-month showcase and memory for myself. I want to be able to remind myself, "I did this in a month," with only a few changes, and keep it like that.
Yesterday, I made a temporary cover for my book using CreateSpace, and I started formatted my book. I'm on the way to finally having it done!
-Cora
