I'm going to celebrate* tonight because my first draft is DONE! Done done done done done done done. Done done done done done done. I'm going to repeat this word until it no longer makes sense. Done done done done done done! :D DOOOONEEEE.
The only problem is that I now realize there is too little in this book, and it's not long enough. But that's exactly what second drafts are for! I'm going to be editing it severely in the next couple of weeks, see how I can flesh it out some more. Some sections I told myself I'd take more time with later...this first draft was basically me just trying to get my story out, and then I'll be fixing it up, patching the possible plot holes, making the characters believable, all that fun stuff! Oh, and fixing verb tenses, because I switch back and forth like a swing in 100kmh wind. 8|
Honestly, I'm a little more excited about the editing than the actual writing. This'll be fun! I might post an excerpt of the first chapter once I retouch that one. It kind of needs a whole rewrite, oops.
Anyways, I just wanted to mark the day! So I would remember, later, when I look at this either in nostalgia of how it was in the beginning and how it is now, or how it was in the beginning and how it never went anywhere :P
Marie out!
*my idea of a celebration includes a lot of food and a lot of watching dumb tv shows and comedies.
...Dang, I need a title for this baby, don't I? Hmmmm.
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i don't remember hearing about this, you. maybe now i'll get to read the good stuff.
ReplyDelete/pats back enthusiastically
dang, did i forget to tell you that? :| HAHAHAHA. well, the excitement lasted only a few minutes, as there's still lots of work to do. second draft, then editing, and then if it gets published there's copy-editing...though i guess i might have someone to do that for me by then. :|
ReplyDeleteof course, i'm going to hand out the first completed chapter to a few people, family and friends and you are included. LUCKY YOU.