just finished draft 1!

MonsterTamer · Jun 29, 2016

Started 6 April 2016. Epic fantasy - total count: 126,131.

This is the first book I've written that is a stand alone with no loose ends. It feels good! It's also my first epic fantasy. I complained here before that I have been unable to write in this genre in the past, so I decided to buckle down and do it.

Now to edit. I have a bad habit of writing short so I need to see where I'm at and fill in some of the holes I'm sure I left. My shortfall is always leaving out descriptors of the setting. The person I consider my alpha-reader is itching to get his hands on it but I need to run through a few times.

I just wanted to celebrate before I begin editing and become totally demoralized.

Maryn · Jun 29, 2016

Excellent! Allow me to pour you a beverage.

Maryn, in bartender mode

SillyLittleTwit · Jun 29, 2016

Congrats!

I'd actually advise leaving it for a month or so. That way you can look at it with fresh eyes.

KMTolan · Jun 30, 2016

One of my favorite editing tricks is to read the thing out loud. Tends to expose a lot of sentence structure issues.

Maggie Maxwell · Jun 30, 2016

Holy carp, 126k in under three months?! You're a beast! Congratulations and very well done!

OliverCrown · Jun 30, 2016

KMTolan said:
One of my favorite editing tricks is to read the thing out loud. Tends to expose a lot of sentence structure issues.

I recommend this. If you have a text-to-speech resource (smartphone, Kindle, etc.) I would recommend that even more. That way you don't read what you were thinking, you hear what's actually on the page.

Personally I use my Echo to read things aloud in these cases. Found some really cringe-worthy things I missed when reading it myself, but YMMV.

millymollymo · Jun 30, 2016

Feels good to get to an end doesn't it? Congrats

HollowSnake · Jun 30, 2016

Congrats

R.Barrows · Jun 30, 2016

MonsterTamer said:
Started 6 April 2016. Epic fantasy - total count: 126,131.

This is the first book I've written that is a stand alone with no loose ends. It feels good! It's also my first epic fantasy.

It's hard to write a stand-alone book. At least for me. So I get you. I still haven't done it without a few loose ends. Rock on!

I just wanted to celebrate before I begin editing and become totally demoralized

Yeah. No kidding. Have a drink before the mob shows up.

:mob

MonsterTamer · Jun 30, 2016

TAMaxwell said:
Holy carp, 126k in under three months?! You're a beast! Congratulations and very well done!

That is quite possibly the most amazing compliment I've ever received.

BEAST!

I will work on the reading out loud thing. I started to, but it hurts. Yes please, cheese with the wine. I will look into something to read it for me.

I managed to read quite a bit during this past few months, but now that I am freed up I need to attack my stack again. I'm looking forward to a writing break. I know that's not always encouraged in these circles, but it works for me and I need it.

WriteMinded · Jul 2, 2016

Not only 126k in three months, but you say you write short and you're about to up the word count.

I'm envious. I write long and it takes me a long time. I should change my name from WriteMinded to LongLong.

Remora · Jul 3, 2016

Congratulations! Three months to a full 126K? That's amazing, really. Take a minute to celebrate- you deserve it

For editing, one thing that helped me a lot (unintentionally) was that I had to transfer my work from Word to Scrivener...having to reformat and reorder everything gave me a different perspective.

Inspie · Jul 7, 2016

Also here to echo the congratulations for writing 126k in under three months! That's amazing!

Good luck with your edits!

Debbie F · Jul 7, 2016

Congratulations on your first draft completion! Welcome to the editing stage, where more hours are spent staring at the computer screen than actually writing! :welcome:

just finished draft 1!

MonsterTamer

Maryn

Baaa!

SillyLittleTwit

Assistant Deputy Backup

KMTolan

No drama

Maggie Maxwell

Making Einstein cry since 1994

OliverCrown

Puttin' daydreams to paper

millymollymo

HollowSnake

R.Barrows

Count the Electrons

MonsterTamer

WriteMinded

Derailed

Remora

Inspie

Tea and cats and tea and cats...

Debbie F

Debbie