Done!
109,207 words. 394 manuscript pages. The first draft of Half a Mountain is safely nestled on my thumb drive, just in case anything should happen to my trusty Mac.
It seems strange, knowing that I have finally written that last line, placed that last end mark.
Oh, I know the REAL work starts now--going back and reworking and puzzling over why in the world I thought this scene would work here or how I could have possibly thought that THAT scene belonged anywhere at all. But for right now, I'm going to pour a glass of wine and put my feet up and revel in the glow of this milestone.
Whoo hoo!
It seems strange, knowing that I have finally written that last line, placed that last end mark.
Oh, I know the REAL work starts now--going back and reworking and puzzling over why in the world I thought this scene would work here or how I could have possibly thought that THAT scene belonged anywhere at all. But for right now, I'm going to pour a glass of wine and put my feet up and revel in the glow of this milestone.
Whoo hoo!
posted by Cathy VanPatten at 11:01 PM
8 Comments:
(proceeds to do a Lurid Happy Dance for you)
Woot! Woot!
Now, post some damn excerpts!
All righty!!!! Yay, Cath!! Doesn't it feel good....but weird??
Ah, yes, excerpts! Great idea!!!
Beth
It does feel odd... although I tossed and turned all last night, haunted by stuff I forgot to wrap up. Not much, but I'll probably tweak the last chapter a little to work it in. So it might end up a couple of pages longer.
Excerpts? Maybe I'll post a few as I go back through it and something strikes me as excerpt-worthy...
I might take a stab at a short story or two before I try to undertake another novel. I have a few ideas brewing in that direction (as well as what might be the germ of another novel--I need to plan out the next 15 years of my life or so, huh?) LOL!
I really do have a love/hate relationship with writing--hence all the stops and starts! I think, though, that I love it more than hate it...
"...that I love it more than hate it..."
Spoken like a true writer!!!
Beth
Off-topic...
I'm having one of these days.
Congratulations! I know it's not done done, as you still have to back to do some editing, but it's DONE! I'm really happy for you!
LOL, GW! I know the feeling!
And thanks, ewok! I'm reading back over it, tweaking it here and there--That's going to take a while, I think. The problem? I can edit anyone else's writing, but I don't see half of my own mistakes--even after not returning to pages for ages. Ack!
I know that frustration, believe me!
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