It's Finished! The first draft of my YA Romance novel is FINISHED!!!!11!!!1!!!

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I finished the first draft of MOUNTAIN MAGIC today. Writing early mornings and evenings, forcing myself to write every day, whether it was one chapter or one line, I got through it in four months. Granted, the rewrites will take many more months, but the story is down and complete. Oh, it's weak, it's sketchy, and in its present form its terrible, but the story is solid, I think.

It's a YA romance with a supernatural twist, and in its current form its at 58K words, right where I wanted it to be.

Now that it's finished, I'm putting it aside to let it rest while I go back to work on my previous YA novel, whose first chapter is currently getting trounced in the YA SYW forum. The trouncing was my choice, finding out much much too late that the first chapter could be what's causing my query to get so many rejections. I think it's time for a rewrite.
 

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Congratulations! Four months sounds like a great pace - particularly writing in the early mornings (I don't have the self-discipline for that, yet).

Good luck with the rewrites and your other YA novel. :)
 

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Congrats!

Take your lumps well and return with fresh thoughts to tackle your next draft.
 

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Great job! Best of luck on the revisions/editing and submission!
 

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CGs and good luck with all your revision endeavors!
 

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High five, dude--and my admiration for buckling down and making yourself do it whether it's coming easily or not. That's tough, and shows what you're made of.

Maryn, with a hug
 

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Congrats! Must be a great feeling (oh how I'm looking forward to finishing my YA first draft)!
 

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Congrats! I wrote my novel in 5 months :) it's tough isn't it but so worth the effort! Good luck with the edits and querying x
 

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