Finished the first draft of my epic fantasy

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rwm4768

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I wrote 10,000 words today (the last 10,000) of my epic fantasy. It's done now (all 206,590 words, 686 pages, and 63 chapters of it). Finishing such a long manuscript, the longest I've ever written by far, does feel quite good.

I'll worry about that whole "getting published" thing later. For now, I'm happy to be finished with it, and I think it's finally the story I want to tell. Maybe this will allow me to work on something new.
 

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CGs, and good luck with your next steps!
 

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That's awesome! Congrats on finishing.
 

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Ryan, I'm proud to know ya, buddy. Truly this is an awesome accomplishment. Congratulations!
 

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Well done! And don't assume it won't publish either.

10000? Jeez, I remember the sunday I did my record 2800 and felt exhausted.
 

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Oh my gosh, that's great, rwm4768! Congratulations! Like you said, don't worry too much about publishing. I'm sure you'll end up cutting lots of redundant and unnecessary words just in the first revision that will give you a more workable manuscript. That's quite the feat and so exciting! I can't wait to hear about your revision process and road to publication. Cheers!
 

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Grats! And when you do the rewrite and editing it shall become 300,000 words! Wait the numbers are suppose to go down normally with editing.....;)
 

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Congratulations! That is a lot of writing! :)
 
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