Very excited to have June and Peter’s story hit 68K yesterday. I was originally aiming for 90K, but think it might fit better at about 80K.
I’m an underwriter, so the first draft lacks sufficient description. Especially sensory and emotional description, from a quick analysis. All the things DayJob requires me to eliminate, of course.
But then I realized I had notes from early outlining stages at the end of the document. Over three thousands words of notes.
I couldn’t have gotten this far without those notes. I’m grateful I had them. But I wish I’d eliminated them earlier, because going backward is depressing.
A good reason to take a break and get some plot problems analyzed. Made it easy to get started today, and I’m back up above 68k again. Yay!
Edit: I’m calling it, because I’ve reached a point where adding to the story without setting it aside for a while will hurt it more than help. The story itself has been told; it’s just not shiny yet.
