Finished my first draft ever! Feels amazing!

Showen · Feb 14, 2017

Hi all,

I finally finished the first draft of a book that I've been working on for a while. It might not sound so great to some people (i.e. My non-writer friends!), but I'm over the moon happy.
It's a sci-fi novel and it is just over 90,000 words.

I know there is still mountains of work to do, but man does it feel good to say that I actually am going to start working on my SECOND draft!

Just thought I'd let you all know. I needed to tell someone who gets it and who better than my fellow writers! Haha

Have a great day.
Showen.
PS. Any tips on rewriting are welcome

Maryn · Feb 14, 2017

Congratulations! Since it's early where I am, I'll buy you a cup of coffee or tea rather than a drink. Somehow the idea of bourbon at eight in the morning holds no appeal.

Maryn, saying "Cheers!" and raising her cup

leifwright · Feb 14, 2017

Showen said:
Hi all,

I finally finished the first draft of a book that I've been working on for a while. It might not sound so great to some people (i.e. My non-writer friends!), but I'm over the moon happy.
It's a sci-fi novel and it is just over 90,000 words.

I know there is still mountains of work to do, but man does it feel good to say that I actually am going to start working on my SECOND draft!

Just thought I'd let you all know. I needed to tell someone who gets it and who better than my fellow writers! Haha

Have a great day.
Showen.
PS. Any tips on rewriting are welcome

Congratulations. You've reached a milestone the vast majority of aspiring writers never do!

Advice on second draft: Take a few days off and think about anything other than your story. Then, when you go back in, you'll have fresher eyes.

Maggie Maxwell · Feb 14, 2017

Congratulations!! You've reached a major accomplishment, like Leif said. And 90k is excellent! Definitely give yourself a little time off. A few days to a month. Let yourself forget parts of the story. It's easier to edit when you can try to look at it with a reader's eyes instead of the writer's.

Mary Love · Feb 14, 2017

Awesomescause!!!!! That feeling is the best, partying for you! :partyguy:

Undercover · Feb 14, 2017

Great achievement!!! Congrats!!!

clek25 · Feb 14, 2017

That is awesome. The average human does not know what a giant accomplishment this is and how amazing it feels. Congrats! Keep it up.

Bufty · Feb 14, 2017

You are way ahead of most beginner writers. It's a huge personal achievement to stick with a novel to THE END and you should be rightly proud of yourself.

I was amazed how the tears welled up after I finished my first draft. Never expected that at all.

Well done, friend.

The hard work starts now, but it's all fun. :snoopy:

Congratulations, Showen. :welcome:

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Myrealana · Feb 14, 2017

Congratulations. It's a great feeling to be able to type "THE END" for the first time, isn't it?

Cascada · Feb 14, 2017

Congratulations! All the best with the second draft, and beyond! :hooray:

RaiscaraAvalon · Feb 14, 2017

Congrats! Wishing you all the best with your novel.

katci13 · Feb 14, 2017

Omg, Yay!! Congratulations!!! It's definitely time to celebrate. Best of luck with the next steps!

Cindyt · Feb 14, 2017

Congrats! You have achieved what most people only dream about. :snoopy:

Ellis Clover · Feb 14, 2017

Congratulations! Definitely an achievement to be proud of.

JulianneQJohnson · Feb 14, 2017

That's awesome! You rock!

Showen · Feb 15, 2017

Thanks for all the kind words as well as the advice on the way forward.
I'll be taking a couple of days break from the novel and then start diving in again for the second draft.

By the way, you are all awesome!

Cheers for now,
Showen.

Jan74 · Feb 15, 2017

I just wanted to say Congrats that is awesome!

The_Marked · Feb 22, 2017

Congratulations! That's a huge accomplishment!

Keithy · Feb 28, 2017

Congratulations from me too, another newbie who completed my first draft end november last year. Leave it a few days for now.

What I did then was go through it, marking all the problems with bold. If it was a serious problem I would increase the font size and write something like "this is shit" above it.

JNG01 · Mar 6, 2017

Congrats! Take a well-deserved break before you start sweating your edits.

ww412 · Mar 6, 2017

Congrats! That's amazing news =)

Cheers

Anna Iguana · Mar 8, 2017

Congratulations!! =)

Finished my first draft ever! Feels amazing!

Showen

Maryn

At Sea

leifwright

Mired in the miry mire.

Maggie Maxwell

Making Einstein cry since 1994

Mary Love

Undercover

I got it covered

clek25

Watching Disney movies

Bufty

Where have the last ten years gone?

Myrealana

I aim to misbehave

Cascada

RaiscaraAvalon

Lost In The Realms

katci13

creative genie

Cindyt

Gettin wiggy wit it

Ellis Clover

watching The Office again

JulianneQJohnson

Ferret Herder

Showen

Jan74

The_Marked

Keithy

Just keep swimming

JNG01

ww412

Anna Iguana

reading all the things