Publication Status
Work in Progress
Work in Progress
| Writing | 187.5% Complete |
| Editing Pass 4 | 100.0% Complete |
| Final Draft | 100.0% Complete |
What is this?
I am entering one of the many contests that have popped up this year. I am not sure if I will hit the deadline for this one, but I'm giving it a try. This one is a contest for writing a novel length work in a quicker turn around time. Not a challenge I have tried before, but the story gnawed at my brain and I'm going!
In the meantime I want to track my progress on it without giving away too much of the story.
Book Updates
Done. I declare this novel done!
Very late at night or very early in the morning depending on how you look at it. I finished up the last details I had to work on for my lovely little novel, completing the gold bar for he first time!
This has been an experience, but completing the draft isn’t the end either. I’ve already taken the novel and sent it off out into the world. What reception will it receive? Unknown.
For now.
I’ll be sure to keep you updated as I find out more myself.
But for now, I’m off to sleep. More things to do tomorrow. Hmm… which story to work on next…
Tonight I finished the 4th edit pass on the novel. I enjoyed working on this pass because I put on my earphones and had the program read the book to me, making corrections as it went. Getting to hear the story is a different experience, and I can definitely appreciate preferring audio books (thought audio books are a bit more fun that obviously computer generated voices) .
This evening, I completed edit pass number 3! Or what felt more like edit passes 3-15. The last pass was all about rearranging chapters. This pass I hunted down the silly little words that like to creep into a story and make sure the names were consistent and such. There might have been (definitely was) correcting of other errors as I read through the text again and again.
Late last night (or early this morning depending on how you count it), I finished edit pass number 2. Yes, this one went much more quickly where the pass focused on restructuring the chapters of the books. This pass went faster in part because during pass 1 I made notes on what needed to happen.
Late last night, I completed the first edit pass on this project. Also, known as the slow pass, but this pass gave me a better feel for the structure overall. I’m now better prepared to begin edit pass 2. Followed by 3. Followed by… well we’ll see how I’m feeling when I get that far.
On May 17th I started my Mystery Project with an initial goal of 30k words. Now, one month into the project, I’m ecstatic to be back with my latest story report.
