Yesterday and today I have edited the first 19 Chapters which puts me over halfway home. I shouldn't have any problem getting the rest of the chapters edited by the end of the week so I can start on the new book on the weekend. I made substantial changes to Chapter 1 but only small ones to the other chapters. I have added more text, however.
Now, the book is 79,357 words.
TV time with the wife.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Been up since before 4:00 AM
I've been up for about 2 1/2 hours and I have gotten only Chapter 1 and 2 edited thus far with most of Chapter 1 last night. Editing is almost as hard as writing it in the first place. I always have trouble with the "Show don't Tell" concept and sometimes have to spend quite a while on a certian passage.
Total word count now is 78,651.
Total word count now is 78,651.
Friday, January 27, 2012
Friday and I guess the first draft is done
I finished Chapter 31 last night and this morning so I guess I am officially done and ready to begin the first edit. I have 76,237 words now. As I edit, I'll probably add more.
I'll keep you updated as to my editing progress. I hope to have the first edit done by the end of next week so I can begin the second book (remember there is to be 26 of them).
Onward.
I'll keep you updated as to my editing progress. I hope to have the first edit done by the end of next week so I can begin the second book (remember there is to be 26 of them).
Onward.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Thursday And it's almost done
I added a bit to Chapter 29 so it is now 2,407 words and wrote Chapter 30 (2,882 words) which is, basically, the concluding chapter. At least it's where the major conflict in the book is resolved. I am going to write Chapter 31 just so I can clean up a few items and then I am going to call it good although I have thought of a couple of things I need in earlier chapters.
As of now (counting a little of Chapter 31) there is 75,375 words. Hooray!! I made it!!
I will give a final update tonight or tomorrow mrning.
As of now (counting a little of Chapter 31) there is 75,375 words. Hooray!! I made it!!
I will give a final update tonight or tomorrow mrning.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Wedesday Morning
Reordered chapters 28 (1,796 words) and 29 (2,094 words) (with a bit of change, of course) and wrote most of Chapter 30 (1431 words).
Now, by actual cunt I have 71,841 words which is 96% of the 75,000 I am shooting for.
I hope to be done tonight or tomorrow night.
I know how the book is going to end but I am going to have to find some point to put in the part about Ram writing the blog about Sweatwater. I will do that when I edit the book for the first time. I will probably start that next week since I am going to do one edit before I put the book away and start on the second book. I have mentioned before that I am going to edit the first book, write the second, and then go back and edit the first, and then work on the second, etc.
Now, by actual cunt I have 71,841 words which is 96% of the 75,000 I am shooting for.
I hope to be done tonight or tomorrow night.
I know how the book is going to end but I am going to have to find some point to put in the part about Ram writing the blog about Sweatwater. I will do that when I edit the book for the first time. I will probably start that next week since I am going to do one edit before I put the book away and start on the second book. I have mentioned before that I am going to edit the first book, write the second, and then go back and edit the first, and then work on the second, etc.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Tuesday Morning
I got the first draft of Chapter 28 (2,005 words) done yesterday along with about 800 words of Chapter 29. I think there's going to be 31 or 32 chapters.
Actual word count is now 69,248 words which is 92% of the 75,000 I am shooting for. Again I say, I should have it by the end of the week easily. I already have the conclusion in my mind.
I went back this morning to Chapter 28 and added about 400 words, but have come up with a better approach (in the shower) and am going to redo that section.
Actual word count is now 69,248 words which is 92% of the 75,000 I am shooting for. Again I say, I should have it by the end of the week easily. I already have the conclusion in my mind.
I went back this morning to Chapter 28 and added about 400 words, but have come up with a better approach (in the shower) and am going to redo that section.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Sunday evening
"I guess it's time to quit for the day," he said reluctantly.
Not a direct quote from the book rather a direct quote from me. I really do hate quit. Today I finished the draft of chapter 27. It's a long one right now. I looked to see if there was any place split it but I couldn't find a logical place. Thus, it is 3,394 words long. Maybe when I edit the book, I'll find some place logical to split it.
Chapter word count is now 63,256 but if I count the words in the entire manuscript I get 66, 207 which is approximately 88% of what I need to have a manuscript of 75,000 words. I need about 9,000 more words and since I have been doing about 2,500 words a day, I should easily finish before the end of this week. Which will be within the one month time frame I alloted to myself (internal challenge). Of course, it has not been edited so it really won't be done until it is.
I think I mentioned before that what I intend to do is do one quick edit of the entire book, and then I will set it aside and work on the second book for a minimum of a week before I go back and do another edit. I will continue to do this until I have been through the book at least four or five times. I know most authors claim they edit 10 maybe 20 times, but I think that is way past overkill. If the book is written well enough to begin with I don't think that many edits are necessary by the writer. It's good, of course, to have other people read the book and make edits and comments. It's easy enough for the author to miss things like changing a character's name (Fred in one place and Sam somewhere else) or using a character in the later chapter that was never introduced in the earlier chapters and things like that. The author is too close to the material to notice such things. It takes that second or third or fourth set of eyes see that sort of thing. Fortunately, I think I have three people who are willing to help. My daughter, Heather, being one of them, and two guys from work. Oh yes, and one guy's wife , so I guess maybe I'll have four. That will be good.
Well TV time.
Not a direct quote from the book rather a direct quote from me. I really do hate quit. Today I finished the draft of chapter 27. It's a long one right now. I looked to see if there was any place split it but I couldn't find a logical place. Thus, it is 3,394 words long. Maybe when I edit the book, I'll find some place logical to split it.
Chapter word count is now 63,256 but if I count the words in the entire manuscript I get 66, 207 which is approximately 88% of what I need to have a manuscript of 75,000 words. I need about 9,000 more words and since I have been doing about 2,500 words a day, I should easily finish before the end of this week. Which will be within the one month time frame I alloted to myself (internal challenge). Of course, it has not been edited so it really won't be done until it is.
I think I mentioned before that what I intend to do is do one quick edit of the entire book, and then I will set it aside and work on the second book for a minimum of a week before I go back and do another edit. I will continue to do this until I have been through the book at least four or five times. I know most authors claim they edit 10 maybe 20 times, but I think that is way past overkill. If the book is written well enough to begin with I don't think that many edits are necessary by the writer. It's good, of course, to have other people read the book and make edits and comments. It's easy enough for the author to miss things like changing a character's name (Fred in one place and Sam somewhere else) or using a character in the later chapter that was never introduced in the earlier chapters and things like that. The author is too close to the material to notice such things. It takes that second or third or fourth set of eyes see that sort of thing. Fortunately, I think I have three people who are willing to help. My daughter, Heather, being one of them, and two guys from work. Oh yes, and one guy's wife , so I guess maybe I'll have four. That will be good.
Well TV time.
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