9:35 pm June 29, 2010My Skeleton Has Muscles!
Dudes! (Sorry, I know I call you guys “dudes” way too much.)
I finished my first draft. Yes-huh! I know, I honestly didn’t think I could do it, either. I never finish anything, ever. Well, that’s not entirely true. One time I was really hungry and I actually finished an entire Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese from McDonalds. True story.
But after six months and 57,451 words, I wrote the last line of my novel this afternoon. Yay!
It’s still very rough. Several of my characters changed over the course of the story… names, races, “motivations”… So if you read it beginning to end right now it might be a titch confusing. I’m going through one run of revisions before I let it out to the masses. (And by masses, I mean a select few who actually want to subject themselves to such a thing.)
To put it into perspective, let’s say that this picture represents a detailed outline of an awesome novel:
And let’s say that this picture represents what you’d like your awesome, richly written novel to look like when it’s publisher-ready:
Now, using these pictures as a comparison, here is roughly what my novel looks like at the moment:
I know, kinda gross, right? That’s what I’m saying…
But dude! I finished my draft! My skeleton has muscles!
And wasting no time at all, I made myself write that last line before I moved on to next shiny idea that’s been percolating for the last few days. I wrote the first two chapters for that today. I’m kind of on a roll.
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K wait a second… So how do I get a body like Angelina Jolie??? J/k!!!! Congrats Suz!!! I’m so excited for you. You deserve the best.
Katie.
Comment by Katie Stanworth — June 29, 2010 @ 9:57 pm
Woo Hoo!!!!! That is beyond awesome! Can I go on your first book tour?
Comment by Diana — July 1, 2010 @ 5:23 am
You’re kind of kicking butt. Soooo impressive.
Comment by Lisa Milton — July 1, 2010 @ 7:42 am
K so also your kinduv a liar-ish. Because you have totally eaten an entire pumpkin pie. But even liar-ish I still love you and think you are possibly the coolest person I know.
Comment by Shahara — July 12, 2010 @ 9:44 am
Now that’s some great self control! If I could make myself finish something before going on to the next idea I’d be a lot more productive… (Arg, that Angelina. I hate that I love her so much.)
Comment by Heather — July 13, 2010 @ 2:04 pm