So it's been over a month since NaNoWriMo, and I would love to say that I have gotten far, and that I have much to show after all this time. Unfortunately, that just isn't the case.
To be honest, I haven't even touched my NaNo novel since the end of November, and I really am quite ashamed. I mean, sure, I could blame that all on my busy schedule (because I really have been busy...no joke.) But it wouldn't feel right because it wouldn't be right.
The real reason for avoiding my work-in-progress is because of plot holes. Yep. Plot holes. Nasty things, they are.
The biggest plot hole that has hindered me from completing my novel? Here it is: A character is killed in the story. The whole story revolves around this murder. I have no motive for the murder.
Sigh. Out of all of that plotting and planning I did before November, not once did I think to come up with a logical reason for the character to be killed. I knew who the victim would be and I knew who the killer would be. You'd think that, after all of the crime shows that I watch, I would know to come up with a motive. Alas, that is not the case.
I wrote a little bit in the novel tonight anyways, but I'm going to have to do some MAJOR editing, revising and, yes, plotting in the near future. And I'm already tired just thinking of it.
I hope everyone's novel is still going strong, post-NaNoWriMo!
