I’m editing NaNo novel 2006, and I’m on page 65 (single-spaced, mind) and I’m thinking–wow, that’s a lot of plot. There are a few magical transformations, an explosion, a death, and a very unfortunate first kiss. Or looked at another way, my main character discovers she can channel some starnge magic energy for good and for bad, she runs away from home, her father dies, she suspects her mother is a murderer, and she meets a waiter in an alley (not the most romantic of first kiss locations–oh, and he’s a creep). But when is it interesting? When does it become a I-can’t-put-this-down?

Pile it on and whittle it down? Am I mixing metaphors? Oh well. There are almost 200 more pages to go–imagine what’s next!