In fact not just something, but the first draft of my first novel! Even though it's terribly and will need extensive rewrites, I'm really excited. I'm done, for now.
Since I have written it all out longhand, I really don't know what the word count is, but I estimate 76,000.Once I rewrite and edit it may be longer or shorter. I won't being doing that for a couple of months though. I've seen recommendations to leave a book for a bit.
I finished on Sunday and the night before I had started freaking out a bit. 'I've spent over 8 months working on this! Sure, I'd like to work on something else for a bit, but can I? can I really just stoping thinking about this enough to work on anything else?"
Yesterday I started my proper written planning of my next book. It's going fairly well. I'm not having the adjustment problem I was afraid of. It's still in the very early stages, nothing very concrete, no names or even appearances. If you want to know more, have a look at the 'What I'm Writing' page.
I'm still a bit uncertain about what the title ought to be. Once I have other people look at it, I know I can get some advice, but for now I thought I'd have a poll.
Of course some of them don't fit so well, and most of you don't really know exactly what the book is about, so I won't just pick whichever one has the most votes, if you think you have any other good ideas or advice about starting a new novel, leave a comment.
Congrats!! Finishing that first draft is SO exciting! And I hope the next steps go really well too! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks. I hope that as well.
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