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The I'm Writing Thread.... Celebrate your pages written etc Part II.
Wordmaker:
--- Quote from: spywolf on June 19, 2013, 09:12:15 AM ---word count
4,303 (its only got three and a half chapters so far... it will be longer)
cureently a twist on urban fantasy
but its unlikely any one will ever read it... its only my 7th story to ever be written down and its a big working progress
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*shrug* The first full-length novel I managed to write became my first published novel. Don't sweat about how much/little you've written in the past. Remember that every first draft is terrible, no matter who you are or how good you are. That's why we edit.
Okay, so urban fantasy. If it's for adults then you're looking at about 80,000 words. Very doable. Heck, after editing my first novel went from 80,000 to 55,000!
spywolf:
ha ha ha doable maybe
but as the longest thing I have managed so far is 35,000 words
it sounds like a lot...
yeah I try and edit
but most of the time if no one is yelling at me about deadlines I get really bored of it quickly and give up... ::)
The Deposed King:
--- Quote from: spywolf on June 19, 2013, 11:37:40 AM ---ha ha ha doable maybe
but as the longest thing I have managed so far is 35,000 words
it sounds like a lot...
yeah I try and edit
but most of the time if no one is yelling at me about deadlines I get really bored of it quickly and give up... ::)
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This describes me from about a decade and a half until about a two years ago. Doesn't mean you can't change it. Its all about motivation girlthing! When you find in yourself the ability to stop writing for fun and start writing because its your boring day job, then young padawan, a true spygirl will you be (que in dramatic star wars music)
The Deposed King
The Deposed King
spywolf:
*giggles*
I don't think writing would be a boring day job, it would depend on the topic you were writing about, and how interesting that topic is to the writer...
4,456
the reason I think I have had problems with editing before is because I already written the whole story so did not want to change any of it... so trying new method, edit each chapter after it is written. maybe it will work. we will see...
I can at least test the theory...
4,519 chapter 4 first draft finished
Wordmaker:
That might work, but it's risky.
My honest opinion is that you'd be better served in the long run getting over your reluctance to change what you've written, because when you work with an editor (either the publisher's for traditional publishing, or a freelancer for self-publishing) you will have to change things.
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