My writing goal for the summer was to get 100 pages into my new manuscript and have the first 50 pages or so in good enough shape to send to my agent to show her what I was working on.
It seemed like an achievable goal until early July, when I realized I needed to start over. I'd started the story at the wrong place, I'd engaged in massive backstory dumps, etc. No way could I write 100 pages in less than two months, not when I'd been having so much trouble with the story, not when I was going down to Alabama for a week to help take care of Mom during her chemo, etc.
I just hit p. 100 with a week to spare. The second half is pretty rough in spots, but the first 40-50 pages are polished enough by early draft standards, so I'm going to email my agent tonight or tomorrow, as soon as I've got a rough synopsis ready.
I did it. I didn't think I had it in me.
Congrats, Susan! That's really fantastic work.
oh my ... the drabble topic ... we had an emergency last night - smoke in various stations closed down stations on four of the five Metro lines, so they were using buses to shuttle people around the closed stations. Then one of the buses CAUGHT FIRE. Right downtown, close to my office (although I wasn't there late Sunday).
I'm being interviewed by Sally Jessy Raphael at 8:30am PST.
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That seems to be a listen live link for those interested!
Eeep! Knock'em, dead, paperdol!
And go you, Susan!
Drabble topic? I, um, er. Gots nuthin, sorry.
I just emailed a partial and synopsis to my agent, who's eager to see what I've been working on this summer.
I'm askeert. I don't know what I'm going to do if there's an email in my inbox tomorrow saying it's a terrible idea, unmarketable and unsuited to my voice. As tough as this story has been to write so far, I'm growing fond of the characters. I want to follow them all the way to the big triumphal scene I've got planned for the denouement of Book 4. What I'm not confident about is whether I'm writer enough to do justice to the story.
Is this the story I was reading? It was good.
Yeah, it's the same one, though I just sent her the first three chapters, so it didn't include that scene.
wanders into thread, shaking slightly
I just sent the final draft of my book proposal to my agent. Why am I so nervous?
