Tuesday, October 8, 2013

First Draft Finished!

I just finished the first draft I've been working on since August 26th, so YAY! And I wrote the whole draft in a notebook, which is a first for me. Usually I start out in a notebook and transition to the computer after the first chapter or so. The Unusual Nightingale won't look the same when I type it into the computer, especially when I've researched everything that I want to, but now I'll always have a record of those first ideas to draw on.

I'm unreasonably smitten with these characters and their story, but I need to research the time period and geography better, so they're sitting for a bit.

I've been neglecting my other projects for the shiny new idea, so it's past time for me to get serious about revising TBW and its query. And I might have a couple of new PB manuscripts that need revising as well.

In other happy news, my husband is home from working in California for the last five weeks! I'm really hoping that means I'll be able to sleep again. My writing is SO much better when I sleep more than three hours at night. And with that goal in mind, I'm going to bid you all a happy week. :o)

11 comments:

  1. Congrats on finishing your draft. That was fast! And awesome that your husband is back from his work trip.

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  2. This post is full of good news. Yay for finishing first drafts (and for seeing Ben again)! P.S. You finished that first draft BLAZING fast.

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  3. YAY! How impressive, to write a rough draft that quickly. And I really hope you get more sleep now. I'm useless on less than 6 hours a night.

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  4. Yay! Congratulations on finishing it! I'm glad to hear your husband is back. Having them gone for long periods of time is not fun at all.

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  5. Good for you, Myrna! (And that is super fast!) I'll be interested to hear how the journal to computer bit works for you. Glad your hubby is home.

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  6. Quick draft -- and longhand, too! Amazing. Sounds like you have lots of great things ahead, as well as one draft finished.

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  7. Good job on finishing that first draft and yay to have your hubby back in town! I'm trying to catch up with you guys after being MIA. Thanks for the good news!

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  8. I do the same thing. Write parts of my story in notebook. I do so because I feel more contacted to the story and because I do not have a laptop and sometimes inspiration takes hold in the strangest of places. I think my only exception to that rule was when I wrote my MG UF Mason Davis and the Rise of the Storm Maker. My 10 year old son and I wrote that strictly on the computer and had the first 72,000 word draft completed within a month. It took us another 9 to revise it down to 50 K.

    Congrats on your writing. I know that is a huge accomplishment. It usually takes me awhile to write a story, but then again I have 3 little ones to contend with as well.

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