MyNoRevisMo

Most are familiar with National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), but what about those of us in endless revisions? The thought of writing something new while trying to revise my already written novel seems mad. Mad I tell you!

I present to you My Novel Revision Month (MyNoRevisMo). During the 30 days of November, I set a goal to have revised the entire manuscript with multiple pass throughs, and claim by midnight 11/30/2023 — I have a viable novel ready for publication! Seems crazy right? Well, so is writing 50,000 words in 30 days.

Yes, I know there are multiple NaNo related camps in which to write, edit, or pretty much do whatever you wish. While those are great, they just don’t have the urgency of a WriMo. I want to get wrapped up in my story like a warm blanket I spilled soup on last week and forgot to wash. I want to get crazy with what if’s and feel the time looming over me — nay, pushing me to do more. I want 30 minute sprints with other revisers to fix issues and solve plot holes. I want to share short paragraphs to get opinions on the wording or structure.

Currently, the draft has 37 sections or potential chapters. There are 30 days in November. So, add the 4 and take away 17 … that leaves me with 1.2333 sections per day. But that’s only if I do one pass. There’s no way I can get this in shape in one pass. Let’s go with 5 … 5 passes start to finish. More math and that’s 6.1667 sections per day. Now we are getting somewhere. This needs to be challenging right?

Here’s how this looks on paper for my novel. Someone else will have different results as I am sure they will have a different number of chapters. It’s not a one size fits all kinda format.

So, that’s plan. I will revise at least 6 sections each day with 5 pass throughs.

Yep. Gonna do it.