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Margaret McGaffey Fisk ([personal profile] marfisk) wrote2006-03-20 09:55 pm
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And the cusp of the climax has been reached!

Believe it or not, I may actually finish this book before the end of time :). I've entered the climax and so the number of scenes and what's necessary has become even more fluid than it was before. Today, I removed one scene (or rather there were two scenes in my outline that were better as a segue rather than an actual scene break) and brought Wardah back together with her love, though she remains unaware for all of another 2-3 pages :). It's looking plausible for me to be done with this novel's first draft by the end of this week, though difficult. That's the goal because (insane as I am) I would like to start a new novel for the Forward Motion March Madness challenge. If so, I'll probably chronicle that one here too.

Hmm, maybe I should chronicle an edit next. I seem to be accumulating a huge edit pile again :p.

And stats:
New Words: 4038 words
86 scenes
80 complete - 93% of the novel
6 Scenes remain
7901 Remaining word count
113249 Estimated length - with an average of 1317 words per scene.
105348 Current Total

[identity profile] peartreealley.livejournal.com 2006-03-21 06:26 am (UTC)(link)
Very nice work!

[identity profile] bonniers.livejournal.com 2006-03-21 01:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I think an editing log would be really interesting. I'm thinking I might benefit from doing more of that.

And good luck on finishing! Wow. You're so close. Go, go, go!

[identity profile] bonniers.livejournal.com 2006-03-21 03:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, just if you'd find it useful too. I like seeing how other people work, but that doesn't mean you ought to put yourself out just to satisfy my voyeuristic urges :)