"But I don’t know the rules."

[mugenmine]

Stuck: Day who knows-
Chapters: 6 (draft 2)
Total @  17.6

I'm officially in  novella territory!  I looked it up. According to wikipedia at least 17.5K puts me at novella. Not sure what I think about that. I was joking with my friend about how many words we throw at strange things. Then I promised her a tentacle fic for her birthday. More strange things! I'm fitting it into the New!Sub verse! somehow... I have some ideas.

I am down to my final chapter of rewrites! I finished chapters 4 and 5 and only have 6 now. Forty-four more pages to edit (double spaced). I'm kind of reeling. But each day it gets a tiny bit closer to done-ness. So much wholesale rewrites, so much has changed. I FINALLY figured out Sherlock's motivation so I have to go back and change things, tone some shit down. But I'm hoping that after the chapter 6 rewrite it will be about plot tightening, adding in some missed character development and then word polishing. The verdict is still out on whether the story sucks. It could go either way... Okay getting ahead of myself again, but it's nice to be moving forward, albeit slowly.

Comments

[percygranger]

Dang, a novella. That sounds fun to have as a thing to claim. I'm about halfway there with my AU, at least word-wise, I'm sure the finished project will be smaller. And tentacles! Yay. I have a special fondness for them.

Ah, the old little bit every day thing. I'm still getting used to it. In fact, it feels almost normal with GYWO, writing everyday and it adding up, but not so much elsewhere.

It's encouraging that I'm not the only one who figures stuff out after the fact/first draft. Motivation can be a tough one. And suckage is all in the eye of the beholder, so I hope you like it, but definitely get it out there for other's appreciation! (I may or may not be a hypocrite in this...)

Speaking of GYWO, have you seen the sentence prompts today? I was unexpectedly bunnied by one. Just a short little thing, but it was fun.

[mugenmine.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it always surprises me how much completely changes from first draft to last. Many times the actions are almost identical but the motivation always changes. I never really know the real story until the second draft!

Yeah, though, the suckage is mainly because I am not objective any more. I've lived with this damn thing for so long that I can't tell if it's good or not, or if the story holds up. I'm hoping it does. I've got someone lined up to take a look when I'm ready to throw it over the wall. I'm okay with whatever she says. I mean stories can always be fixed!

I have not seen the prompts! I poke my nose over at GYWO only occasionally. Usually around check in time, and to read about other's process/progress. Can you believe we're almost 1/3rd of the way done? I wonder if this will make the year go faster.. hmmm...

Okay back to the grind. Still have 250 words to go tonight... will try to make them edited ones!

Good luck with your writing!!

xoxo

[tenderly-wicked.livejournal.com]

Tentacles?! I'm all anticipation!