This is my entry to NaNoWriMo. For more information about the project, please visit the NaNoWriMo site by clicking on the banner above. The general idea is quantity over quality – after all, a shitty first draft is better than no first draft at all, and even if I do nothing with it I can still say I’ve written a novel!

I planned to write 2000 words a day in the month of November with the aim that by the end of the month I would have a short novel of over 50,000 words. I wasn’t allowed to start writing until that month, but I was allowed to do as much pre-planning as I like, so I included some links to character sketches, themes etc on these pages.

I’ll also cheated lots by asking my readers to contribute plot ideas, twists etc from within the blog. Hence if you see some really weird stuff in there, it was probably a dare.

As you would expect, I retain all copyright to all material held on these pages, even if it is so dire to not be even vaguely nickable. I may want to use this stuff someday, even if it’s only to give my grandchildren a laugh at my expense. You are, of course, welcome to link to these pages though.

And, I’m done! Final word count was 51,102.

Pre-event Planning

• Character Profiles
• Premise, Conflict and Crucible

The Novel – Working Title: The Funky Mongoose

• Dedication
• Chapter 1 – In Which Sue Has A Nasty Surprise
• Chapter 2 – In Which Peter Gets Told
• Chapter 3 – In Which Best Friends Rule
• Chapter 4 – In Which We Meet Shirley and The Author Desperately Tries To Make Her A Sympathetic Character
• Chapter 5 – In Which Peter Has A Chat To Philip
• Chapter 6 – In Which Sue Goes To Her GP
• Chapter 7 – In Which We Spend Some Time Viewing The World Through Peter’s Eyes
• Chapter 8 – In Which Sarah Gets A Blast From The Past And The Author Has A Minor Breakdown
• Chapter 9 – In Which Shirley Has Lunch With Daniel
• Chapter 10 – In Which Peter Asks Sue To Keep The Baby
• Chapter 11 – In Which Philip Goes To The Marks’ Home For Sunday Lunch
• Chapter 12 – In Which Sarah Gets Murdered In A Grizzly Manner … Only Joking… Maybe…
• Chapter 13 – In Which Sue Goes To The Abortion Clinic
• Chapter 14 – In Which Peter And Shirley Attend An Important Cocktail Party
• Chapter 15 – In Which Sue And Peter Go To Torquay
• Chapter 16 – In Which Shirley Has A Shock
• Chapter 17 – In Which Sarah Has A Problem
• Chapter 18 – In Which Peter’s Lies Are Finally Exposed
• Chapter 19 – In Which Philip Attempts To Keep A Low Profile
• Chapter 20 – In Which Sue Returns To London
• Chapter 21 – In Which Sarah Gets A Visit…
• Chapter 22 – In Which The Author Waffles About Shirley Some More
• Chapter 23 – In Which Philip Gets A Visitor
• Chapter 24 – In Which Sue Goes Rooting Around Her Past
• Chapter 25 – In Which The Author Writes Her Last Chapter Ever And Hopes To Retain Her Sanity By The End Of It