“What? I was supposed to ask your permission?” — Aimee I made good progress on 23, but it’s taking longer to get past the new stuff than I thought. Thank goodness I cut out a bunch of stuff at this point in the plot. I guess I will press onward with 23 until I hit …
Monthly Archives: October 2009
Progressing
I’m working on chapter 22 in the revision, and that will put me at 50,000 words. The revision process is going to take a long time, but if I’m going to give submitting a shot, then I need to put in the effort. This revision isn’t there yet. It can be a bit discouraging to …
Word Count
“Don’t you dare tell me you don’t want this” — Holly My rough draft weighs in at 178,000 word. In other words, way too many. I’ve mapped out my plot and I’m thinking I’ll be able to wrangle down the next revision to 120,000 words or less. That’ll be much more manageable. On the one …
The Great Battle
I can see it coming now, the great battle of the next revision is going to be word count vs. detail. The setting needs to be a little richer and I need to establish a feel for the kind of society that exists. I think the idea that the society has technology founded on magic …
Slowing Down
The posts are slowing down and probably will continue to do so. When I get computer time, I usually have something I want to get down, revise, or a critique to catch up on, and the blog suffers. So the posts will be coming at a slower pace. The revision process is going to take …