Good Day eh? and welcome back to the..Project.
It has been a couple of weeks since the last update and I thought I would pass along a few notes and what not. I have advanced the first draft through a few sticky parts, so the word count is probably not all that high, a few thousand words is what I am thinking. It has become a matter of how far in the story, not how many words, I write. So no firm word count update per se, but the over all story is in the 70k range as of this morning. That would be draft one and it is messy.
I have also taken to passing the early stuff through draft two as I go along. I see some problems and go back and add/delete and it makes me feel good about the story. So, I do that as well. Besides, there are some things that have to be consistent, and when a good idea comes along that needs to be sprinkled through the story, well then, I just do it. Maybe I should have thought all that out before I started draft one, but well, I thought I did, then the story took on a mind of it's own.
Which leads me to those blasted character sheets for all the main characters, they keep growing in length. Oh and the blasted notes and outlines and arcs and, geesh, all the stuff outside the story has been accumulating like crazy. Again, I should have done more before hand, and I thought I did, but those twists and turns keep adding to the pile. I guess it is all about whatever it takes.
I am very happy I have gotten this far and I am having a blast. After all, I am writing this story for me and eventually, someday, other peoples. I try not to think of that someday. I figure I got to finish draft one and pass it by better 1/2, see what she thinks. She has read many a book and if I can entertain her, well then, I just might have something worth sending out into the world. If I like it and she likes it, I'll kick it out the door for everyone to see. It will be awhile though, it so slow going working all those smoke and mirrors behind the scenes.
The end is just the beginning..
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