I swear I am still here.
It's been nose to the grindstone working on finishing out The Star of Time.
Yep. That's the title! How exciting is that?
I am so close. Ten chapters to go.
It was slower going at the beginning. I was lucky to get through a scene per day, mostly because I was working inside the scenes that I had already created. Editing. Fixing continuity errors. Little things. Reworking stuff. Sooooo slooooowwwwww.
And it was hurting my overall word count. I would write 500 words and then delete a big chunk of old stuff and lose my word count. That was just plain demoralizing and I think made me work even slower.
So, I started editing first thing. I don't allow Scrivener to drop my word count negative, so I would start out deleting everything that needed to go while my word count was still at zero. Then I would fill in the gaps and do my writing. Not only did everything go faster, but seeing my targets hit green every day motivated me to work more.
I had an initial word count target of 80,000 words. I am sitting at just over 65k now and have 10 chapters left to do. Thinking this one will come in over 80k, but I guess we will see.
In the meantime, anyone interested in beta reading?
It's been nose to the grindstone working on finishing out The Star of Time.
Yep. That's the title! How exciting is that?
I am so close. Ten chapters to go.
It was slower going at the beginning. I was lucky to get through a scene per day, mostly because I was working inside the scenes that I had already created. Editing. Fixing continuity errors. Little things. Reworking stuff. Sooooo slooooowwwwww.
And it was hurting my overall word count. I would write 500 words and then delete a big chunk of old stuff and lose my word count. That was just plain demoralizing and I think made me work even slower.
So, I started editing first thing. I don't allow Scrivener to drop my word count negative, so I would start out deleting everything that needed to go while my word count was still at zero. Then I would fill in the gaps and do my writing. Not only did everything go faster, but seeing my targets hit green every day motivated me to work more.
I had an initial word count target of 80,000 words. I am sitting at just over 65k now and have 10 chapters left to do. Thinking this one will come in over 80k, but I guess we will see.
In the meantime, anyone interested in beta reading?