Wednesday 5 February 2014

The Gift

Last week I completed draft 4 (a month behind the schedule I had set myself!)  I’m now up to 67,000 words.  There are some chapters that I feel are still too weak or too short so I will be re-writing these.  I’m also asking myself if I’ve started the story in the right place.  Anyway, I felt I needed a break from it so yesterday I wrote a short story instead.  It felt liberating to be writing about something else!  Today, I'm starting draft 5! 
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  1. Nicky Thomas5 February 2014 at 08:16

    Can't wait to read it! :)

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  2. Vanessa9 February 2014 at 05:44

    As you'll have guessed, I'm doing the rounds of all the blogs I have been neglecting recently!! Good for you. I find redrafting the most difficult thing of all. I had to do it in a week (and add another 10K words) to send it off to the publishers - from whom I'm still waiting to hear. I have been trying to focus on other things and, like you, writing some short stories. Good luck with draft 5!

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  3. anita10 February 2014 at 01:57

    Thanks Vanessa! I'm hoping to follow your example and finish draft 5 within a week! Not sure I'll be adding another 10k words though.

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