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kungfuwaynewho ([personal profile] kungfuwaynewho) wrote2013-01-29 05:26 pm
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Finished Part One of the AU novel!  83,000 words!  Already making progress on Part Two!

Exciting times!  On track to finish novel in autumn of 2016!
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[personal profile] icepixie 2013-01-30 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
Pardon me while I boggle for a while at 83,000 words for a Part One. I'm still stuck on 32,000 and change, and wondering if I'll even make it to 50,000 for my whole novel.

[identity profile] kungfuwaynewho.livejournal.com 2013-01-30 06:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeahhhhh, I don't know if it's a good thing? One of my biggest problems/weaknesses in long prose is that I tend to describe everything, instead of being comfortable just saying, like, "they had an argument and she ended with this, and they didn't talk for three weeks." That kind of thing. I'm sure when I edit I'll cut a lot of stuff out, or condense it down.

[identity profile] sonneta.livejournal.com 2013-01-30 01:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Isn't 83,000 enough for a novel in itself? That's pretty awesome!
Edited 2013-01-30 13:45 (UTC)

[identity profile] kungfuwaynewho.livejournal.com 2013-01-30 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Haha, yes. It's too long. And what I have outlined as parts might end up being separate novels. But I'm not doing big macro edits right now, so I'm not worrying about it.

[identity profile] sonneta.livejournal.com 2013-01-30 07:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey, too long is better than too short. That just means it'll be a series instead of one book. :)

[identity profile] sallycandance.livejournal.com 2013-01-30 01:53 pm (UTC)(link)
CONGRATS!!!

[identity profile] kungfuwaynewho.livejournal.com 2013-01-30 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks! I'm not finished yet, though...

[identity profile] la-loony.livejournal.com 2013-01-30 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
THAT IS AWESOME!
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