I Want to Hold Air In My Hand
DONE!
I’ve finished the first draft of my novel.
Final word count: 53,212 words. That’s after spell checking to try to get most of the partial words taken care of.
After double spacing it so I can work on editing, it’s over 170 pages. I printed it all out and had to get a second cartridge in for my printer. And I had to find the back-up paper, since I ran out of the stock of paper I had next to the printer.
I’m just so damned happy for this. Not only do I get an awesome meal, paid for by my mother, but I get to say that I actually completed a novel… or at least a novella. No, it’ll be a novel when I’m done with it; I got right near the end and things that didn’t click into place finally did. I know where my antagonist comes from, how he came to be, and I know why he’s wanting to destroy all the humans that are on the planet. Which is kinda nice… I mean, it’s good to know why your antagonist is anti-people; I mean, if it was for a stupid reason, you’d want to know, right? Especially if he just magically pops up and starts trashing stuff. But no, I got an idea for how he came to be and some other scenes that should be included. I figure the final wordcount might be as high as 75,000 for the second draft… possibly not that high, depends on how much I cut out. Like the smut scene. Yeaaah, that’s being cut.
::bounces around:: I’m just so proud of myself. So very, very, very, very proud.
Mom’s proud too, even if it means she has to buy dinner.
And I don’t think Ben’s ever been prouder than I am. Maybe he’ll buy me dinner… or better yet, cook me dinner, if I get published. I’ll have to ask.
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VAST – Free
It`s always a great feeling to cross that finish line. I`ve done it four years in a row… and it feels the same every time. I`m pushing to get one of them published, hasn`t happened yet but it will as long as you believe in your work. Congrats! Hope you`ll try again next year! Later,
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well yeah, havent you seen the commercials?
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I lol’d. Mostly because I agree. I mostly hate axe. I wear the spicy leathery one because its not annoyingly obnoxious. The lime one, i duno if I like it or not yet. I need to find a chick to come smell me and tell me if its me or not, and i’ll go back to the leather. Or old spice.
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That is AWSOME… I am excited for you… I have a report to type right now so I shall return
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Woohoo, congrats RYN: Yeah, party!!!!!
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