That’s it then.
Three months, two weeks – 97,000 words.
First draft, done.
I feel as though I’ve just ended a very intense affair with a whole bunch of really amazing people.
Fictional or not, I’ve bled with them, laughed and cried with them. Some I didn’t treat very well, some I even killed.
And if that’s not love, I don’t know what is.
Widdershins Worlds 
Wonderful news, and congratulations, Widds!
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Thanks… it’s a pretty damn fine feeling isn’t it! 😀
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I can just about remember the last time. Time it happened again, I think!
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Agreed! 😀
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Great news and quite an achievement. Well done
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I’m rather chuffed with myself, I am 😀
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Gratulations! Sit down, put your feet up and toast yourself. You are worth it.
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I’ve had a nice couple of days off, and now it’s time to recommence proceedings. 😀
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Congratulations! Even WP knows to let me “like” this one!
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So it ought. or it might’ve been severely frowned upon. 😀
Thanks. 🙂
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Very exciting!
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Thanks …t’was, t’is, hopefully t’will continue to be so. 🙂
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Congratulations!
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First, enjoy.
You know what to do after that – it’s all hard work.
But first, enjoy.
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Enjoying. 😀 … I’m hoping the editing goes as smooth as this part did. It feels like it just might. 🙂
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Yeah, especially the killing part. Bwah-hah-hah-hah! Just kidding.
Congrats, tho, on completion. There’s almost nothing better. I’m always reassured that goals are within reach still and creativity hasn’t expired. 🙂
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Heh, heh, heh! 😀
Thanks … it feels great. 😀
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Good for you! It must be a relief to have it nailed down. I find the initial creation of the text to be the biggest challenge. After that, you just have to perfect it. 😀
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It’s funny but this time I only had to de-procrastinate myself two or three times, a nice change, I tell you! 😀 … but yeah, next is the perfectifying of the beastie.:)
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I’m taking the slow and steady approach myself. Started in mid-December; now am around 60K words; hope to finish the 1st draft by the end of June. I’ll think of you when I feel like procrastinating!
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Bravo! 60K is not to be sneezed at. 😀
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Congrats on the draft! I love it that we get so connected to our characters. I love finishing a first draft despite that little feeling of loss that the story is done.
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I’ve had a few days off now and I’m ready to dive back in. The second book awaits, (it’s really just a continuation of the story, but I had to stop somewhere) and Round 1 of edits – bring it on!! 😀
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Best of luck!
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😀
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We who write live a strange world where confessing to murder triggers string of congrats. But well done on whatever appalling ends you’ve put your family through. And remember to forensically clean your computer so the word police can’t pin that first draft on you. Well done too….
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All evidence has been digitally bleached, ready for Round 2. 😀
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Yay! Way to go!
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Thank you! … looking forward to getting the next book off the ground while I edit this one. 😀
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Congrats!! I know that feeling of leaving friends (and perhaps foes) when you finish a manuscript. It’s amazing how vivid they and their worlds become to us writers. But now that it’s written, you can visit them anytime! 🙂
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Yep, and I’m going to put them through the wringer again in the next book! 😀
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Have fun!! 😀
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‘If that’s not love, I don’t know what is’….LMAO!
Having killed off a few imaginary friends of my own, I know exactly what you mean. Congratulations, Widds. That really was an amazing effort. -hugs-
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I’m starting my re-read-through, this week to refresh my memory of all the little moments I’ve forgotten along the way.. I’m very impressed with it so far, 😀 … making copious quantities of notes, picking up threads that will need to be woven in to the next book …
… I decided today that I would just pick up the next book where this one ended. I’m even going to use the last line of this book to start the next one – at least for now, who knows what the future holds! 😀
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You really should start using either StoryBox or Scrivener. I know they’re similar and StoryBox allows me to create what amounts to an outline on the fly – based on chapter headings and notes about what’s in a scene. Also there’s the option of creating character profiles etc. I honestly would not have been able to keep all of Vokhtah straight, especially after an interval of /years/.
I like the idea of overlapping the end of book 1 with the beginning of book 2. 🙂
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Heh, been using Scrivener since they, finally, brought out a version for PC’s … we loves it, we does, my preciousss 😀
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Doh…colour me embarrassed! Precioussss indeed. 😀
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Heh, 😀
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