Its finished!

By afinemess · Jan 21, 2010 · ·
  1. Sing to the tune from Star Wars:
    I am done done done done done, done done done, done done done done done, done done done!! (and I am also a nerd apparently.)

    I finished the novel!! Yeah me! :)

    It took 11 months, 68,000 words (yes, I know, not the standard 80k, but I went for quality over quantity) 337 pages, and a total of about 4 months worth of "writers procrastination".

    But I am done. Just needs a few reviews and an edit and I may try and send it out. So, I guess while folks read it, I'll work on my query letter. How do you condense a story that spans ten years into one sentence? That may be the most diffcult thing.

    But anyway, yeah me!! :D

    (is it normal to feel kinda sad? I don't know, the story is well rounded, theres nothing left to add, but I'm kinda sad that it's over. Hm, maybe I'm the only one who feels this when they complete a project.)

Comments

  1. Lydia
    CONGRATS!!!! That's absolutely awesome! :D (and I did sing that sentence to the tune of Star Wars :p)

    I think I'd feel sad and empty when I finished mine... but it's really cool anyway! :)
  2. marina
    Congratulations! :)
  3. Banzai
    Congrats.

    But are you sure you're finished? Editing is as big a job as writing, for the writer who wants to get their work published, and not just "a few reviews and an edit". Still, I think it's a good idea to go do something else for a while, before coming back to edit it.
  4. afinemess
    Thank you guys. I have actually been editing for a while as I went, which is why I phrased it that way. There's only a small part that isn't totally edited. Those four months I did no actual writing I was checking grammar and typos and taking out things that didn't go. I'm not just out to get published, I doubt that will happen. I just thought I'd try. It's my first novel, I'm being pretty realistic. Haha
  5. Neha
    Congrats...lucky you :p. P.S. Fingers Crossed.
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