Saturday, August 27, 2011

Accountability

A few weeks ago I asked all my lovely blog followers to give me a big kick in the pants to get the first draft of my new book done. So, here I am to update you on progress. I'm 400 words shy of 50K, so well on track to get finished by September 15th which is my goal.

I already know there's a lot of rewriting needed. Various plot elements have proven more important to others as I write on, so the beginning is going to need to change a lot to reflect that. But overall, I'm pretty happy with how it's going. From here, I feel like I'm on the downhill stretch to the end. A lot more needs to happen, but I know where I'm going, and where I want to end up (although I have two endings and am not sure which one I'm going with yet).

So, let's see if I can actually get this done in the 18 days I have left.

What are you working on? Is it going well?

And don't forget to sign up for the Beginning, Middle and End Blogfest, happening this week.

4 comments:

  1. What I'm working on is going slower than normal, and I'm forcing myself to be okay with this.

    I also started to try to write in order. Doesn't work so well for me. I decided that's what's slowing me down, so I dug in and wrote the end. SO satisfying . . .

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  2. I know exactly how that is. I don't usually write in order either. But this time I have... mostly...

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  3. So glad you're on track!

    I am so mixed up right now that I have no idea what I'm working on. LOL. I've flip-flopped back and forth between two WIPs and now am considering a rewrite of an old book.

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  4. You can do it!

    I'm rewriting a chapter book in third person - it might not stay that way, but I've learned a lot more about the character and her best pal (which is totally counter-intuitive, since it was in first person before), so it's worth it.

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