novel progress report

[mckitterick]

Just a quick bop up to the office to back up what I've done so far and drop an update here.

Empire Ship progress:

. Word count up to 118,400 from last update of 111,200: a gain of more than 7000 words. Cool! Uncomfortably, though, this means the novel will be longer than planned....
. Page count up to 385 from last update of 364.
. Lotsa mood music assistance; I'll post it all later.
. Estimated final word count: 125,000 - 130,000.

I hope to finish tomorrow. Then on to revision of the last scenes. Wow, so close!

Chris

Comments

[bobhowe.livejournal.com]

Hey, that's some big bunch-o-writin'.

Lotsa mood music assistance; I'll post it all later.

Interesting: I can't write at all with music on. Not even a letter. Not even responding to LJ posts.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

No kiddin', brother. My eyes burn, hands ache.

I have found in the past few years that the ONLY way I can write is with the aid of the correct mood music. I think it's because I have had some pretty demanding jobs that keep drawing my attention, so the music occupies that "need-to-be-distracted" part of my brain. Dunno, just know it works.

Chris

[bobhowe.livejournal.com]

Hey, if it works for you (and clearly it does), I say good on ya. Well, I would say that, if I was Australian. And drunk. (I know: redundant.)

Seriously, I'm happy for you, man.