A little while ago I calculated how long the novel would be based on the number of chapters averaging about 4K each. I also have a prologue and suspect an epilogue, neither of them longer than 2K. That comes out to about 55K total. It’s low, but when I go through and edit i’ll probably add at least a thousand words to each chapter filling in sensory detail and what stuff looks like, since I tend to leave that out the first time through. Other people take out words, I have to shove them in!
So right now my goal is 55K, and thus I got one of these cute little progress things:
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4,388 / 55,000
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I’m not counting the prologue I wrote since it needs to be rewritten… a lot. Still, it’s a good start.
Shall I take a day off or get started on the next chapter? Decisions, decisions…
Might as well get started now. Why not. Let me know when you’re done. Didn’t we talk about trading when I was in New York?
Next chapter! D’oh! :P
I always have to add details, too. Apparently, I’m a big fan of conversations in blank space.