Ellisa Barr's Blog, page 2

February 24, 2014

I've been working non-stop on edits and I think I'm ready to send it out to a few people for a read-through. It's nerve-wracking to send writing to friends. I haven't ever really done that before. I can't really judge how good or bad it is. I know it's not life-changing, but I wonder if I handled certain scenes the right way or if it's super boring or far-fetched. And the romance is another thing entirely. I never knew writing a developing relationship would be so difficult! I could sit and...

February 22, 2014 - 11:58pm

Final word count on the rough draft: 53560. The final chapter is really slapped together, and it's almost entirely “telling” rather than “showing” but man I'm tired of slowing down the storytelling to add dialogue. I am so excited to get to work on editing I'm probably go to do that for an hour tonight before I go to sleep. But it's done!!

February 22, 2014 - 10pm

Just finished the climax. Word count is at 52599 and I've got one chapter to go.

February 22, 2014

I have been writing a little bit every day this week. 400-800 words usually. Today is Saturday and I woke up and have been working on it for several hours and I'm making great progress. I reached the REAL 50,000 words mark a little while ago!

I've got a couple thousand words to go on the climax, and maybe another for the wrap-up at the end. If I don't get too many interruptions I could probably finish the rough draft by the end of today or tomorrow!

I gave myself a forced deadline by entering t...