Not a discussion per se... Today I hit 60k with my WIP novel. It's been a long time coming, and getting from 50k to 60k took a LONG time, but I did it!
Not done the novel yet (probably another 30k words or so), but I'm quite proud of this so far. It's the longest piece of writing I've ever done.
Just wanted to share!
Anybody else have any milestones recently?
Posted by Bent Tree (Member # 7777) on :
Great news. Keep it up. I am glad to hear that you are nearing such a great accomplishement.
I am just starting to draft the beginning chapters of my first novel.
I have written and submitted seventeen short stories since I started writing in January '08 though. That is something I am proud of.
I look forward to reading your, "I Did It!" post in the near future. Good luck.
Posted by extrinsic (Member # 8019) on :
I finally got a thumb under a story that's been decades in the making. It's historic fiction, that's as much as I'll say. After years of research, the obstacle to progress, with manifold false starts and reams of sketches, was where to start the story in a way that would stimulate emotional involvement, start the plot movement, and correlate with all the benchmarks of the plot. I wasn't thinking early enough in the timeline. One more obscure piece of the historical puzzle opened up the story's beginning. Now I can't put it down. Shazam.
Posted by RobertB (Member # 6722) on :
I don't worry too much about length; I checked a while ago when it was just under 100 000, and while it's grown a bit since, it hasn't grown much. The first draft was around 35 000, and it just growed for a while. If something gets ridiculously long, that's probably a sign that it wants cutting; if it doesn't grow to a reasonable length, then I'd wonder whether there's enough material there for a novel.
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
Keep at it. A good beginning.
Posted by Zero (Member # 3619) on :
quote:Anybody else have any milestones recently?
I just published a major best-seller!!
No, wait... that was in my dream. Nevermind.
Posted by skadder (Member # 6757) on :
You dreamed my dream? Isn't that some sort of copyright infringement?
*calls lawyer*
[This message has been edited by skadder (edited July 06, 2008).]