I hit 50K last night and right now I'm mapping out the next course of events. It's at a very high-action point, and certain things need to go down in a certain order. Might kill off a character or two. Also, I'm getting ready to introduce her powerful but missing uncle who's mission has been referenced the whole book.
Dontcha just know it'll prolly end up at about 100k I'm aiming for 80k, but if I feel like the story needs to continue, or it takes longer than I estimated, I wouldn't mind settling it to an even 100k before editing.
Amos is still down in the cellar serving the "clean up dishes all by yourself alone" punishment (though I can think of sicker ones...), but I've dropped some hints of a mystery. A woman's husband has gone missing, an employee is plotting to rebel against the tavern owner as part of some grand scheme. Can't wait to get to the end of Chapter One, because at the end of that chapter, **** will hit the fan.
I actually love brutally cutting things out of my manuscript. It's gotta be my favourite part of editing.
It is now nighttime and Amos is outside talking with Benjamin. Sounds boring? Well, this is the time for Benjamin to tell him what he's seen/heard while Amos had been imprisoned in the cellar all day.
Ash - I already know my revisions will include adding stuff, though. It has a lot of mystery elements, so I'll be adding stuff to the first half that will serve as clues and lead-ins to events in the second half, as well as some red herrings to confuse the protags. So I don't want my unrevised finish WC to be much longer than 85K.
With a lot of efforts I reached 87070 words, the problem for me it's to describe action, and now comes the tougher part....
What kind of action are you describing, and specifically what problems are you having with it? Maybe I can give you some pointers.
A ground battle then a air battle. Air battles are very difficult to describe, I've never found a book good at that...
Air battle as in the characters are flying? I'd imagine the air would be beating against them hard, creating a lot of pressure that would make them use lots of effort to just hold on to their weapons. Like being on a motorcycle when all the wind whips up against you, but worse.
Started on a new story. It's first person...ah I'm dying here (is absolutely bad with first person) But I'm going to try~
FINALLY FINISHED!!!! "Somewhere With You", I posted it in the short story section. Finally, after so much procrastination, it's done!
Stuck on a plot point... trying to figure out why my MC would be siphoning money from the vault (her partner isn't pleased about it)... but realised I don't even know the answer. Hmm.
Chapter one layed down It's a bit choppy, o.k. a lot choppy, so I need to fix that, but it's done. I can now walk away and focus on school for a bit without feeling anxious over unfinished projects LOL.
Nicely done! It's always getting past the first rough draft that's the hardest, so I guess you do deserve a break Myself, I'm working on a couple pieces, seeing where they goooo...
Ha, I never tell people when they ask that (I hate explaining stuff) Let's just say, coming of age, school life, strange people, strange days. Thanks for the interest though
Absolute waste of time today. I got halfway through editing a chapter (spent three hours on it) then realised it was better off gone. So I chopped it. I mean, I like cutting things, but I really do feel like I've totally wasted my day. I think I'll work on the kids' novel instead, now.
