Writing Roundup

[przed]

So, my word count on the story first thing this morning was 10,247. And now it's 6,395.

In spite of the retrograde word count, I think I've made progress. I've excised a bunch of scenes I quite liked but could never get to fit in properly. (Those of you who've seen the story thus far in various stages of disrepair can probably guess which scenes. I've kept them in a separate file, though, in case I manage to work out how to use them in this story or elsewhere.) And I've got a general idea of how the rest of it will go, though it's a much vaguer idea than I usually have when writing. I'm finding with this one I discover things as I go. Freaking terrifying, but interesting. Probably helps that there's no deadline and no definite destination for the story, so letting it be done when it's done is absolutely okay.

And now, I'm off to bed, so I can be up early to resume my mom-ish duties.

Comments

[heliophile-oxon.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a pretty productive day - I suspect pruning may be tougher than it looks from the outside! Looking forward to reading when it's ready ..... (hoping for many more productive days soon!).

[przed.livejournal.com]

I've been suspecting I needed to do some heavy cutting for a while, but it meant losing some scenes I really like. But it had to be done, so I got ruthless.

Given how long this has already taken (which is ridiculous) I'm not counting on finishing it any time soon. But I can now see the ending, which is an improvement.