Tag: writing
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So what next?
I put the novel in the metaphorical drawer over the Christmas period, and ignored it. I handed it out to a few people to read, and I’ve had responses from all of them. They were all very positive. One of the main ones, was from an author friend of mine who I respect very much,…
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Losing Her Voice
Three weeks since my last update. At the end of that post, I mentioned that I was going to take two weeks off — I didn’t! It lasted a whole 2 days before I started an even more vigorous edit. One of the things that I noticed while reading the story, is that the narrators…
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Seven Weeks
It’s been almost seven weeks since I started the concerted effort to complete ‘The Many Dreams of Annabelle Cloud’. 47 days of which I actually wrote on 43 of them. The only days I didn’t write was those I was away from computer in Leeds. That is the best writing streak I have ever managed!…
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80k
Tonight I hit 80k words – approx 290 paperback pages. I have one story chapter to wrap up – the one from this picture. And then some loose ends to tie up in my penultimate – tie it all together chapter. I’m estimating that it will take another 5k words – I definitely won’t get…
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70k
So 70k words is now a thing. That’s ~270 paperback pages. I can definitely see the finish line for the first draft. I have 6 partially complete chapters at various stages and 3 intended chapters not yet started. Those 9 chapters will fit within the next 10k words – Only, they won’t. I suspect they…
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40k
Major milestone with this work in progress. I know it’s taken me a long time of trying to find my way through this story, but I finally hit 40k words. That’s exactly half way to the target I set myself. Now I just need to keep the momentum going!