Saturday, May 28, 2011

Chapter 11 continues - getting through edits, and working on the craft

The novel continues to grow in size. I spaced it out and calculated. The next 9 chapters must average 4k to hit 80k, at 43k right now.

It was a big deal. I went to target and picked up a printer for 29.99, so that I can print up my work, share it, and even edit it with an actual pen while lying in bed. No, I'm not lying down on the job. I only want to get as many edits as I can in before showing it to people.

Continuity still seems to be the scariest issue. I'm finding myself having to go back a bit, and add details that I didn't expect to have to add. Mostly I love staying open with the process of writing. If a character needs to rise up and fill a role, I want them to have that ability. And thats when re-writing tends to happen. Having a great cast of characters is what allows me to do that, many carrying over from what I created over the past year. Some obviously are brand new and those are the characters that I need to pay the most attention to, because they can surprise me.

The adventure continues tomorrow.

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