I love NaNoWriMo. It’s a great opportunity for me to work on something new. I’m still planning on finishing up my edits for Love Notes, but right now, my energy is going into my lovely urban fantasy/paranormal/YA book My Ex is a Vampire, the first installment of a series that I’m calling The Tales of the Vocati.
The Vocati are ordinary humans who are gifted to fight vampires and other supernatural creatures. My Ex is a Vampire focuses on two high school students: Jane Miller, a class representative who’s practically perfect in every way, and Andy, a delinquent who loves causing trouble.
Something I learned from working on this so far is that the outline that I created has become more of a guideline. I have an idea of what my characters are doing, but my muse has enlightened me about how my characters interact with each other.
For one thing, I forgot how fickle teenagers can be. I really want to show the emotional complexity my main characters feel about the relationships that they’re in, but they’re teenagers. It’s only a matter of time before the relationships fizzle out and they find new people. But I guess that’s what I get for calling this book My Ex is a Vampire. I never thought leading up to the Ex part would be so hard.
Still, this has been the most fun I’ve had with writing in a while. I plan on blogging my progress every week.
Comment your NaNoWriMo progress. What are some things you’ve been learning so far?
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