Two kinds of writers: planners and pantsers. One has everything laid out before starting (e.g. the OP). The other just starts writing and researches as they go.

Two kinds of writers: planners and pantsers. One has everything laid out before starting (e.g. the OP). The other just starts writing and researches as they go. I am the second kind. I think nanowrimo might be the right thing for me. Takes me an hour to put out 1000 words. Half that time googling stuff and reading up on some tangential point I want to get right. How does my Vietnamese tailor refer to her maternal grandfather? When does weather turn cold on the US east coast? What fish are travelling through coastal waters there in Spring? I think the OP might have had more success if she violated the letter of nanowrimo (2000 words a day) and put in time every day instead (say two hours). Writing or editing or researching or plotting. She's so, so right that it's easier to put down the right thing the first time (or as near as you can get to it) than to edit later. Burns more time rewriting than it would have taken to do it right the first time. Anyway my two cents, what works for me and how my process succeeds.