So back in October I made a commitment to do NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). My initial plan was a little like this:

• Plan the story
• Then write it.

A nice simple plan. And something like NaNoWriMo is a great way to write a crappy first draft and understand your story. That how I finished my first draft of my manuscript that is now ‘resting’ like dough at its fifth draft stage.