This morning I was able to type up some writing that I had done that was backlogged from the week. I've only scratched the surface but reached the 80,000 words barrier. What that means is that if I want the book to be about 400,000 words in length, and my target date for the 1st draft to be completed is the 30th November 2006, then I need to start writing instead of 1,000 words a day, I need to up the ante to 2,424 words a day.
I have been writing and re-writing the prologue, because its short and sweet it also serves a vital intro purpose to two important characters. Im sure Ill keep re-working it right up to the publishing date!
I am also "plotting/storyboarding" whatever you want to call it, a sequence where 4 characters go and do 4 things all at the same time, but what they each do all influences the other 3 - confused? I was, but am using storylines PC program with excel.
Time on the X axis, characters on the Y axis. Each cell is an event - write in that order.
Lots more to write, but concentrating on story and plotting as well as dropping hints for later events.
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