I'm Pondering Word Counts
First of all: I reached the 45k mark for The Circled Green. So hooray for that. My goal is to reach 55k by the end of the month, which means I have to write about 500 words a day. As that's what I have been writing for the past little bit, that shouldn't be too much of a problem.
What I'm finding interesting about The Circled Green is that right now I can't get a handle on its length. When I wrote my first draft of Blood Bound I used 80k as a guide to how close I was, and when I finished it 80k was the total of that draft.
The Circled Green isn't like that.
At first I used 70k as the guideline - nice and in the middle.
As The Circled Green went on, and things started moving faster than I originally thought, I guessed it might come down to 60k. But now that other things are happening, and I know I need to go back and add some description and further scenes etc. it looks like it might be up to 80k, same as Blood Bound.
So I guess I'll just have to keep writing and see how this one goes.
What I'm finding interesting about The Circled Green is that right now I can't get a handle on its length. When I wrote my first draft of Blood Bound I used 80k as a guide to how close I was, and when I finished it 80k was the total of that draft.
The Circled Green isn't like that.
At first I used 70k as the guideline - nice and in the middle.
As The Circled Green went on, and things started moving faster than I originally thought, I guessed it might come down to 60k. But now that other things are happening, and I know I need to go back and add some description and further scenes etc. it looks like it might be up to 80k, same as Blood Bound.
So I guess I'll just have to keep writing and see how this one goes.