Progress Report Thursday

Well, hello Thursday.

I completely forgot about you the last time. And it wasn't like the time before that, when there wasn't any progress to report about. Although I probably won't hit the deadline (I know! A shock!) I am making progress. I've written at least six more chapters and the ending is clearer once again. It's just around the corner... But I think I said that the last time.

There are changes in The Poisoned Apple. I'm bringing in characters that weren't there from the beginning and having them stay around for the entire time. There's a mystery subplot in the story that involves a murder, but I found it strange that a few of the characters came across the body yet it doesn't feel like a big deal to anyone. Plus, I think it's derailing much of the plot so I changed it a bit.

I'm also discovering a few new things about my characters, things I thought my character sheet told me. It's funny that when you actually start writing about them you learn new things, like what their personalities are really like.

I'm also finding out that I've been avoiding writing/author blogs. I think it's because, to me, a lot of it feels repetitive: How to write, how not to write; what to put in a query letter, blah, blah, blah. It's starting to get boring. Not that I don't enjoy reading them, I just need a break. Which means that I'm probably missing out on some good things :)

Progress Report Thursday

To keep my blog from becoming too inactive, I think I'll do a progress report (high school term!) every Thursday. Why Thursday? Because I've decided to do it today and today is Thursday and if I wait to do it tomorrow or some other day, then the procrastinator demon inside of me will make sure I won't do it at all.






See that, Invisible Reader(s)? 409 pages. 205,488 words (I know you're not supposed to start sentences with numbers written numerically but I really don't care at the moment). And I have at least fifteen more chapters to go. I think most writers just write their stories or something, without an outline. But I love outlines and keeping my chapters separate. Only a few days ago did I put them all in one file. I told myself that I wouldn't do this until I was finished. But I wanted to see now how long the story was going to be. My goal, as I've said before, is to whittle this manuscript down into a range of 90,000 to 100,000 words.

So, I'm not panicking.

Not yet.

But yes, progress is still going (hence this post). I think I can finish off another chapter today. And I think for once, by the end of the month I will finally have a completed draft of this damn story.