Of course the author is!
I have just finished reading a draft of a novel by a very dear friend. They told me that it wouldn’t be the type of thing I would normally read: “tell me honestly what you think.”,they said.
I was truthful . It’s what you do with friends.
It was v. helpful for them #draft2
Forcing myself to finish #draft2 and it's so tedious right now because I'm in some of the weaker areas of the story (accidental repetition for one) but I want to finish the draft so I know all the weaknesses but it's like pulling teeth omg #amwriting
The Lady of the Manor's second draft is sitting at 65,915 words! It's looking like this finished draft will be 2025's holiday present.
#draft2 #author #firstbook #almostdone
Thinking about how the story is still a bit pedestrian but of course it is because I keep doing outlines instead of starting #draft2 but I still keep thinking "But if I ___ then it'll be better" and it's like could we write a draft and then assess? #amwriting
Where I started with draft 1 vs where I am with draft 2.
He's definitely bulking up 🤣
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#booksky #writesky #fantasy #indieauthor #shadowsparkpublishing #revisions #draft2
Almost back on track! I may not be fast, but I am consistent! Come on draft 2!
#writing #writer #author #draft2 #urbanfantasy #WordyBeast
I can tell that converting what I've got so far of the proper timeline from 4 narrators to 2 narrators has some issues, but I think they'll be fixable in the document timeline later before I start writing #draft2 properly #amwriting
One good week of writing, and I'm almost back on pase for my draft overall. Who'd of thunk it? #writing #draft2 #writer #author #WordyBeast
Finished the new basic timeline for #draft2 It ends at line 1634. Now I get to edit the proper timeline to reflect these changes and then I get to write draft 2 #amwriting
Damp garden.
Two cats keeping their distance on a bed.
Two brother cats sharing an office chair.
#3goodthings
1. Wet, blustery day. Good writing weather. #draft2
2. Charlie and George practising social distancing.
3. Forgot to show June page of the cat calendar. Tiny and Tony, two kittenland graduates. Fine handsome fellows they turned into.
How can 1000 words in a day feel like so much and nothing at all? #author #writer #draft2 #fantasy #urbanfantasy #WordyBeast
Let’s go #draft2
Help a girl out and leave your best tips for #developmentalediting
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Finished the emotion/plot point chart. I think it helped fix a lot of problems with the #draft2 timeline #amwriting
I think I have too many plot points to consider and that's what's screwing up #draft2. Tomorrow I'm going to try making a chart to analyze flow and function and see if that helps #amwriting
Been thinking about how I'm not satisfied with what I'm doing with #draft2 & I think it's because of the process. I wanted to make sure I had enough material so I did timelines instead of pantsing and I think I need to strike more of a balance to get where I want to go #amwriting
Woke up feeling like I should redo the document draft for #draft2 so it feels less soggy, so back on my nonsense again ##amwriting
I wrote 1,450 words today. I finished chapter 3. #draft2 now has 16,601 words and 59 pages #amwriting
I wrote 1,144 words today bringing my #draft2 totals to 13,394 words and 48 pages #amwriting
I wrote 1,455 words today bringing my #draft2 totals to 12,250 words and 44 pages #amwriting
I wrote 1,078 words today bringing my #draft2 totals to 10,795 words and 39 pages #amwriting
Nothing like seeing the depth and breath of editing you will need to do to bring on the panic. Did I mention I'm only about 50% of the way through making notes? Yaaaa... #author #editing #draft2 #wordybeast
Started working on the document timeline for #draft2 I got to the start of ch 4. It's 2,524 words and 10 pages #amwriting
