Vrooooooooooooooooom!
Aug. 26th, 2007 06:02 pmFrak a quack, man.
You know how I was going to get started on a new project? Well, I got a card on Friday that inspired me to start all over again, one last time, on Revenant Blues. Except it has a new title and has gone to the chiropractor to get straightened out. I've tweaked the formula, and surprisingly, The One Pass Revision Guide that I'm using for the Tower!Guy revisions (on hold until my readers chime in) helped me see what was wrong with the *last* five drafts.
So, I started rewriting, from scratch, on the novel yesterday and today.
This is my wordcount:
Wordcount: RB!Last Try
Yeah. I actually wrote 7373 of those words on Saturday.
The story came in a gigantic gush that would *not* turn off. I actually sat up in bed, with the Boy's laptop, writing late into the night while he snoozed on beside me. Because the story wouldn't go the frell away.
And today? Same flood. This is probably not the final wordcount for today, either.
The only thing that worries me is that this draft won't be any tighter than the last five, and will end up coming up too wordy.
Or: I do not have it in me to go back (again) and try to slash through another 150,000 manuscript and find the 50,000 words that need to go.
I'm also giving myself permission to tap out of this novel if the other idea I've got fermenting in my head ever solidifies itself into something. Thing is, I'm kind of afraid to commit to this story.
And like a cat, this novel is attracted to the person who least wants it in her lap.
You know how I was going to get started on a new project? Well, I got a card on Friday that inspired me to start all over again, one last time, on Revenant Blues. Except it has a new title and has gone to the chiropractor to get straightened out. I've tweaked the formula, and surprisingly, The One Pass Revision Guide that I'm using for the Tower!Guy revisions (on hold until my readers chime in) helped me see what was wrong with the *last* five drafts.
So, I started rewriting, from scratch, on the novel yesterday and today.
This is my wordcount:
Wordcount: RB!Last Try
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10,513 / 100,000 (10.5%) |
Yeah. I actually wrote 7373 of those words on Saturday.
The story came in a gigantic gush that would *not* turn off. I actually sat up in bed, with the Boy's laptop, writing late into the night while he snoozed on beside me. Because the story wouldn't go the frell away.
And today? Same flood. This is probably not the final wordcount for today, either.
The only thing that worries me is that this draft won't be any tighter than the last five, and will end up coming up too wordy.
Or: I do not have it in me to go back (again) and try to slash through another 150,000 manuscript and find the 50,000 words that need to go.
I'm also giving myself permission to tap out of this novel if the other idea I've got fermenting in my head ever solidifies itself into something. Thing is, I'm kind of afraid to commit to this story.
And like a cat, this novel is attracted to the person who least wants it in her lap.