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Joanne Anderton
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Sep 21
Junk food and good writing buddies
Is it really worth analyzing the writing of this novel draft any more than I’ve already done? I have angsted like an angsty thing about it. Hell, it even led to the creation of a ‘Writerly Angst’ category. So, you know what? No more angst. Instead, one of the positive things this draft taught me …
Sep 20
done
Well, there we go, first draft done. Just over 113,000 words in the end. This will grow in the next draft, and probably significantly. This draft suffers from a terrible lack of description. Even I don’t know what a few of the characters look like. And there are at least two vitally important plot points …
Sep 14
Brain mush
Novel draft = brain mush. 106k and it’s all happening. Not too long now. See you on the other side.
