We’re just going into the fifth day of NaNoWriMo, and so far my story has
- Changed its entire plot;
- Gone from third-person to first-person narration;
- Spawned multiple named characters with distinct personalities;
- Shifted the focus of its plot again to accommodate what those characters decided they were doing;
- Spawned a character the other characters call ‘Doc Wolvie’ who threatened to turn anyone who came after him into a star-nosed mole-person (mole part pictured above), and who just may be crazy;
- Introduced a frustrated minotaur named Manny;
- Taken the main character to Russia, where he was pursued through the woods by an owlbear; and
- Hit 11,471 words.
Oh, and it’s also outgrown the cover I originally made for it, and possibly the title too. Because the main character, who named himself Dr. Daniel Darling somewhere around Day 2, has decided that he doesn’t like the word ‘monster’ and he gets upset if any of the other characters use it. In spite of the fact that he and the boys provided a guy in Australia with live drop bears for his private animal preserve – that’s man-eating koalas, in case you didn’t know.