Literary Coldcuts on Toasty Buns » first draft http://boughanfire.com Thu, 06 Aug 2015 14:44:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Almost, Almost… http://boughanfire.com/2009/05/almost-almost/ http://boughanfire.com/2009/05/almost-almost/#comments Sun, 10 May 2009 14:09:07 +0000 Faith http://boughanfire.com/?p=292 …to 70,000 words on WIP #1. So close… and yet, so far to go even after I hit that target. All things considered, it’s not too bad – 70,000 words is still 70,000 words to work with, and with another 20k tacked onto that, I’ll have a full-fledged first draft to rip to shreds. It’ll be great. I already know several areas that are targeted for complete and entire rewrites, but I know that if I go back to them right now, I’ll spend too much time trying to polish and not enough time actually finishing the darn novel.

Finishing is step #1. Tearing into it like a ravenous squirrel is step #2.

That said, I’ve had a few “oh crap, only 500 words” days in a row, but at least it’s something.

Still not entirely sure what the final scene will be, or how I’ll wrap it up neatly, but that’s not really a concern for draft one. Or so I keep telling myself. Then again, I also keep telling myself I don’t need any more coffee, but has that ever stopped me?

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