Moving along nicely this week.
Added another 1351 words today, and read another two chapters of RealmShift. Just as well my real day job has been very quiet. Must get around to finishing a couple of assignments very soon though.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Newland Update
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Going good. Your current word count is nothing to sneeze at.
ReplyDeleteYou're approaching that magical 50% mark. All downhill from there.
ReplyDelete50% of an arbitrary figure I plucked from the ether. I took the average word count of my current chapters and multiplied that over the expected chapter count of the book, and I'm suddenly closer to 100,000 words. I know I need to add more narrative description in places, and more suspense, and a few more thematic bits, so I'm suddenly going to be looking at 120,000. After cutting back dreck and possibly an unnecessary scene or two, I might get it back to 110,000.
ReplyDeleteSo in truth, I'm nowhere near halfway. Just 44% of the first draft. Aint that just a sad way to be looking at things...very glass half empty of me.
Great word count. I'm still struggling with the time management thing and I've drawn myself up a timetable.
ReplyDeleteDon't make your timetable to strict, D. It becomes more like a chore then, and this is still supposed to be enjoyable.
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