It's Almost That Time of Year Again

Well, in less than a month now, NaNoWriMO will begin. I plan to participate and have already signed up.

50,000 words seem like a daunting task to a beginning writer like myself. I have no "formal" training. I just have these characters and their story in my head, and they are begging to be written.

I hope to use this month for planning out my novel or at least the rest of it. I have about 6 chapters written, but my crit partner has pointed out that much of it if not all of is passively written. I can't help how I am getting it down on paper. I just need to get it written and then go back and edit what needs editing. If I keep editing and re-editing what I already have, it will never get done.

So I have around 6 chapters and just over 5000 words. Do I scrap them all and start over? Do edit what I have and move forward? Do I want a passive novel? Just some questions I need to answer before November 1st.

Happy Writing!