waves sheepishly
...so I have this dusty manuscript that's been on a back burner for, oh,
years,
and I decided that this summer I'd finish it, just to show that I can finish the damn thing. I've got several other ideas for original fiction, but I want to finish this, if I can, because even if it turns out not to be publishable, I think I'll learn plenty from DOING it, you know?
I've gone back and poked it with a stick, and I'm happy to find that, yes, I still like the 'verse and the characters - I think it's mostly plotting that I need to get on top of.
Um. So I was wondering if anyone might be inclined to read through 40,000 words of an urban fantasy type thing, and give me their thoughts on whether it's working so far?
Fay, I'd be happy to look at it. I probably won't be able to get to it until this weekend, though.
Awesomecakes! Thank you! Although - oh, nuts, it's in NeoOffice, not Word - I don't have Word for Mac. So I could maybe cut'n'paste sections into emails?
Fay, you can save NeoOffice documents as Word docs.
Getting so close. I'm guessing about 21-23 word-processor pages left in the draft. Though now it feels like that's when the real work begins.
Hey, don't discount the first draft. That's a hell of a lot of work, right there.
Fay, I'd love to take a look!
It's a lot of work, but it feels unfit for human consumption. So many typos and bad punctuation and story/character stuff that needs to be fixed. Whole characters to rip out of the plot.
Well, typos and punctuation are easy fixes. The story/character work is harder, but I think having that foundation of the rough draft is awesome -- it gives you something to build on.
erika, just wanted to let you know that comments should be coming later today. Sorry for the delay.
