Building my first Novel Using the Snowflake method

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Using the snowflake method discussed in the previous post I will be attempting to build a novel. Randall Ingermanson says that "composting" is a must before using the snowflake method. I did my composting for an evening and then went to my friend's place and described the whole novel at length. He patiently listened to it. Thus a first glimpse of a completed novel formed in my mind. Then I bought a rough book and started writing and writing. After a great deal of matter was written I lay completely exhausted as I found that I was only halfway through the novel and still had a lot more to be written. The inner critic in me started pouring out sarcastic remarks like............."what a waste of time!"..........Who in their right minds will read the cliched hen'n'bull story????............and so I scanned what I had written thus far and I found glaring grammatical mistakes and most dishearteningly that it was absolutely boring and nonsensical.......I threw the book away...... six months later.......... The suppressed desire to write the novel sprang back at me with a fresh force. This time I recounted the novel to a group of enthusiasts for over an hour and they liked it! I felt a bit encouraged and so worked on the novel again. The novel is far from being finished, so feeling a bit bogged down I got another idea..............writing the novel online! That way someone or the other would read it as it is being composed........this thought alone is like a muse to me..................... So first I will start with the title and the chapters. After that I will start elaborating each chapter till the novel is finished. I think a novel, however bad it might ultimately turn out to be is indeed an accomplishment. And the I feel that the reward for finishing a novel is .....................finishing it!