Celebrate With Me! – First Draft Complete (72K Words)

Last night I finished writing the first draft of a new book, which is looking to be my longest and most comprehensive yet! I’ve written over 72,000 words towards what I am tentatively calling The Gospel According to Karl Barth: A Guide Through CD IV.1. I was inspired to attempt this book after writing several articles here which were received quite well, regarding various doctrines from Barth’s CD IV.1 (the doctrine of reconciliation). These were articles on Barth’s doctrine of sin, and faith.

I never thought I would ever attempt something like this, but I gave it a go and thought to myself: even if it doesn’t work out at the very least I’m studying Barth most exhaustively than I’ve done before, and that’s never a bad thing! But I am proud to say that I got through a first draft—72,000 words, or around 250 pages! We’ll just have to wait and see how the editing goes from here, but I am excited to have this first draft complete and a potential book on the horizons!

My next step for the book is to let it rest for a month or two, put it aside and refrain from looking at it for the time being. During this break I’ll be reading as much as I can on Barth to make sure I’m understanding him correctly. Then after the summer I’ll pick the book back up and attempt to work my way through editing it to completion!

I’ll keep you all up to date about how things are going, but until then—cheers! 

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