This morning, I finished the first draft of The Tinkers. It’s 63,950 words, and 110
pages of single-spaced awesomeness. I’m so glad to finally be done with the
first draft, since I’ve been working on it since January and towards the end, I
was ready to be done. Still, I’m feeling a bit nostalgic.
Even though at the beginning I had very little plot and
cardboard characters, by last night some of the problems were smoothed out and
it’s a better read. Not good yet, maybe, but better. I’ve spent so much time in
Dem’s head, being sarcastic and grown-up and awesome. The Tinkers was my go-to project; whenever I had a few minutes or
an hour to spare, I’d sit down and tell a little more of his story. I’m sure it’s
been subconsciously shaped by whatever I’ve been going through as well, so that’ll
be interesting to see. Good thing none
of my betas are psychologists, eh?
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| This is a plot web that I made when I was nearing the end. |
As I’ve said so often, writing isn’t easy, especially when
you lose 30,000 words due to not backing-up, but the sense of accomplishment
one gets is crazy. I’ve been focusing on finishing so much that I’ve neglected
blogging, and while I do enjoy blogging, I think the story’s stronger for it. Sure,
there are still plot holes and bland characters, but at the end of the day, I
wrote a novel, running mainly on chocolate and adrenaline. Now I just have no
idea what to do with myself until I can go back and edit it. I’m missing my
characters so much. I may have to write my own fan-fiction just to keep myself
occupied. J
I will resume blogging this week, and share more character
posts and excerpts from The Tinkers
in the next few weeks, while I’m giving it a break. I’ve learned a lot about
myself through writing this, and whatever happens to it, I’m a better writer
for it. And I’ve learned that paralyzing drugs do, indeed, exist.
Congratulations on finishing!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I'm excited, I must say.
DeleteExcuse me? How do you know I'm NOT a psychologist in my spare time? I could be. Ha. And I will be taking notes when I read The Tinkers....(Just so you know.)
ReplyDeleteAlso, CONGRATS!!! It's so epic that you've finished! (Back it up! In a billion different places!!!) Eat chocolate! Eat icecream! Remember what it's like to not be glued to your keyboard.
By the way, is there a sequel? :-)
Well, I don't know, but I can guess.
DeleteThank you so much for all of your well wishes! I'll try to remember to not be glued to my keyboard, but it's so hard. I can't resist sometimes, you know?
There won't be a sequel that I know of, because I think I'd rather just have a good plot and then an open ending, but we'll see. Coming up with a whole additional plot seems like a lot of work, but it's possible, I suppose.
Congrats!!! Awesome title name, btw!!!! :D :D :D
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