Six year streak :)

[tephra]

I think this one was made possible, or at least much easier, by Scrivener. So when I get my 50% off winner coupon on December 5th I think I'll be using it. :)

For the record, 50,893 words. :D

Given I pretty much started over twice, first by doing a time jump on the main character and then by shuffling chapters, there is a lot of very heavy editing and rewriting needed before this even has a hope of seeing the light of day. I like it. Things I thought to add at the very end of the process (the last three chapters, pretty much) mean I really, really need to rewrite, but I have a much better idea of what I need and what I don't.

The idea I had mid-way through the month, to toss at least three of these characters and the basic set up into my 2009 NaNo story, is still digging at me. Given how much would have to change about them and the situation to make it work I may still do it and keep this story. All the characters would get new names and probably new faces and would end up very different I think.

Comments

[clare_dragonfly]

Woot! Congrats! And yay Scrivener :D

[tephra]

Thanks! And congrats to you too I see. :)

Scrivener saved my bacon this year, or maybe just my hair since I'm sure I'd have been yanking on it trying to keep my mid-novel time shifts straight without it.