Finished!
I finished the first draft of my novel about five minutes ago.
It doesn't feel "done" to me yet because I still have a mountain of revisions to do (namely changing a character's gender 3/4 of the way through...) but wow, done. It's hard to believe... and now I'm going to have to think of what to do next. Should I allow myself a few days/weeks to come back to it with fresh eyes or should I jump into it immediately while the story is fresh in my mind?
Then I need to find some willing guinea pigs alpha readers and get some honest feedback.
Ah! So much to do! But I'm excited about this too. I think this might be the one that's publishable. It's also short, only about 75,000 which is perfect for the YA market.
Okay, I think I'm going to take a well-earned break and read for a bit.
It doesn't feel "done" to me yet because I still have a mountain of revisions to do (namely changing a character's gender 3/4 of the way through...) but wow, done. It's hard to believe... and now I'm going to have to think of what to do next. Should I allow myself a few days/weeks to come back to it with fresh eyes or should I jump into it immediately while the story is fresh in my mind?
Then I need to find some willing guinea pigs alpha readers and get some honest feedback.
Ah! So much to do! But I'm excited about this too. I think this might be the one that's publishable. It's also short, only about 75,000 which is perfect for the YA market.
Okay, I think I'm going to take a well-earned break and read for a bit.