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The Nine Stages of Dating a Novel

November 7, 2010 Stephanie Leary 2 Comments

It’s been a week! If you’re still doing NaNo, you’re probably past the “squee” stage with your book and well into “procrastination” or “expletive.” Hang in there.

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  1. Lisa H says

    November 7, 2010 at 8:44 am

    Yes, I’ve been putting off writing all morning. Yesterday, too. Hating everything now.

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    • Stephanie says

      November 7, 2010 at 12:38 pm

      There is nothing in the NaNo rules that says you can’t drop rocks on everyone’s heads and start over with a new set of characters in the next chapter.

      Or you could send in a team of ninjas who will beat everyone to death and proceed to have sublimely entertaining adventures for the rest of the book.

      Or, if you don’t hate your characters enough to kill them off, they could just say, “Fuck it,” and go on a Mediterranean cruise.

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