SPINNING

As productive as yesterday was, today was almost the exact opposite. I ran up to over 83,500 words and then cut it back to just under 82k (81,958). Everything I wrote was 'on outline' however the characters were sitting at the table discussing the same thing five different ways, the sixth of which I was finally satisfied with.

Sitting and spinning over the same scene for over six hours was less fun than writing has been up to this point. It was, however, more fun that best day I have ever had working for someone else.

To date, I have eliminated almost 10,000 words due to changes in the story, adjustments to existing copy to conform it to the final outline, and things that didn't make sense or move the story along. ACDT is better for it, and all of those discarded words may find a home in the second novel. Fear not, they will be taken care of.

80,000 AND COUNTING

ACDT has passed the 80k point and I am most pleased. Today was the most productive day I have spent on this novel, going from 74,182 words to 80,000 words.

This is a significant number for me in that it is the least amount of words a new novelist can sell for. The max is 100k. My target is 90k to allow room for expansion and editing, although it is now much less about the word count and all about finishing the story.

I am also pushing the beta delivery date to January 4th, so that I can incorporate the first pass of edits from my alpha reader. This way the beta readers will have less typoes and gross inconsistencies to deal with.

ps. Merry Christmas!

68K AND COUNTING

I made time to write 4,000 words on my vacation. With the additional thousand here and thousand there that I have squeezed in between trips for work and getting ready for the holidays, ACDT is now at just over 68k on its way to 90k.

Will be able to mail out to non-local beta readers on December 28th or 31st, depending whether or not I need that weekend to print.

Then I start the outline for 07338.