Into the Sunset
Yes, I’m finally, finally done with the first draft of Killing Time.
And there was much rejoicing. <insert half-hearted ‘yays’ here>
I wrote 4,423 words yesterday and today. Not all of them are good words, mind you, but at least I got the last of the big reveals revealed, the good guys and the bad guys reconciled and group-hugging, and all the time-travel loose threads re-raveled and/or knotted together into some semblance of coherency.
Then, of course, there are the 3,000+ words of notes I wrote to myself, like “Go back and add a couple of scenes from Breda’s point of view to explain why she does this here.”
I am now officially ignoring the thing until at least April. I will not look at it. I will not obsessively read it. I will not…well, okay, I probably will continue to make notes to myself, both written and with my handy-dandy voice recorder. But that’s all I’ll do is make notes.
So anyway…yay. And stuff. That was grueling. But I’m so glad I finished it. I can now say I’ve completed a novel.
Huzzah.
| Project working title: Killing Time (First Draft) New words: 6,747 Current total words: 92,561 Goal: 100,000 |
Reason for stopping: BECAUSE IT’S FINISHED. :)
Notes:
- I finished!
- I’m done!
- It’s over!
- Complete!
- Well, draft 1, anyway.
Gary Henderson
Gary Henderson is an amateur author who lives in the Greater Atlanta Metropolitan Area with a chef housemate. By day he is a mild-mannered software developer working for a major health-care company. By night and on weekends, he occasionally creates and destroys worlds.
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6 Comments
hlmyers
Congratulations! I’m on that road myself. And I can identify with the time-travel loose ends: there’s a NaNo manuscript on my shelf that’s a tangled mess due to its time-travel plot. I’m not even thinking about touching that one for the moment. And I did the same leaving of notes to myself with the first part of the novel manuscript I’m working on now. It’s helped when it comes to filling in the gaps I left.
Gary Henderson
Thanks, Heather. :) If I ever say again that I’m writing a novel involving time travel, I’m going to ask people to slap me until I get over the urge. Egad.
Marcia
Congratulations on finishing! It’s a huge step, and you should be damned proud of yourself for accomplishing it!
Gary Henderson
Thanks, Marcia. :) I am pretty happy. It’s the most number of words I’ve ever strung together in a coherent whole.
StoryChuck
That is very, very cool Gary.
I’m looking forward to reading it. I’d be happy to be a first reader.
Gary Henderson
Thanks, Chuck. I’ll keep that in mind. :)