I'm about 15,000 words into my latest project. That's 65 pages in Word. In book terms, it's not very long at all.
I cannot express strongly enough how much I hate first drafts. There's often an initial excitement when creating a story (obviously, because why else would you go to the trouble of writing it down?). I can usually see certain characters very clearly. Certain scenes come to me, too--often the beginning and the end. But then there's that dreaded middle part. You know, the part with o...
Published on March 16, 2011 05:31