Spent today making the first series of edits to the chapter breakdowns. I think they're still too long, but I'm going to keep this set as the rough outline for the book. I think with some more judicious cuts and some more tightening, I can knock another 500 words out of the current breakdown (now sitting at 3,300+ words).
Still, the publisher wants one or two paragraphs per chapter, so I don't want to get it too sparse either.
Gah!
Tomorrow, I will start the first chapter (or the first 1500 words of the first chapter. As it stands, I'm proposing 20 chapters and an epilogue. That means each chapter will average 4,300 words. There's no way to write the entire first chapter for this book in only 1500 words, but I can write the first scene in 1500 words.
(rubs hands together) I love it when a plan comes together.
Now, where did I leave the "Red Pen of Doom"?
Still, the publisher wants one or two paragraphs per chapter, so I don't want to get it too sparse either.
Gah!
Tomorrow, I will start the first chapter (or the first 1500 words of the first chapter. As it stands, I'm proposing 20 chapters and an epilogue. That means each chapter will average 4,300 words. There's no way to write the entire first chapter for this book in only 1500 words, but I can write the first scene in 1500 words.
(rubs hands together) I love it when a plan comes together.
Now, where did I leave the "Red Pen of Doom"?
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- 25 Jun 2012, 23:54Thanks! For some reason I was really sweating the LitCrit class. It wasn't easy by any stretch, but I think I made it harder on myself by overthinking stuff.
Just one class this fall (schedule just… - 25 Jun 2012, 10:09Oh wow. Congrats on the A's!
- 11 Mar 2012, 01:40I'm going to take a critique of Dracula based on one school of literary criticism (say, Neo-Marxist) and then deconstruct that critique using the focus of a different school of theory (say feminist,…
- 7 Mar 2012, 07:54Not this year, alas. But I may well take you up on that next time :)
- 7 Mar 2012, 01:55Well, if you want to fly over here, I can put you up at my place and get you a guest ticket. *grin* Might even try to get your opinion of my scotch collection.
Airfare is on you, though.
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I know so many people that have been discouraged enough by it to give up.
I love watching the real story emerge and evolve in edits, though, or shine like a jewel when editing is done.
Best of luck with your edits.