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The folly of the bones
Oct. 7th, 2006 05:40 pmFinal word count for Shivery Bones: 121,750 (SMF); 109,054 (Word)
Final page count for Shivery Bones: 487
Goal for words cut: 20,000
Actual words cut: 24,250
Yay me!
And yesterday, I couldn't resist working on Charged with Folly during my lunch hour writing break. Although the first chapter remains largely the same as the one I workshopped on OWW last year, I've been able to refine the emotional underpinnings and add in some subtle things pertaining to the larger story. It was nice to actually know what the larger story is. :-)
As if to support my new (re)found commitment to writing CWF I walked into Barnes and Noble last night and found Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions by Lisa Randall, a "popular science" book that deals with the complicated and fascinating physics that resides in the background of CWF. (That's Charged with Folly's dirty little secret--it's a fantasy novel with a scientific base.) (A lot more fantasy than science, though.)
And I've reconsidered redoing the first chapter of Shivery Bones. At this point, I'm going to let it stand or fall as is. I am thoroughly sick of it (although not the characters and story, if that makes sense).
Final page count for Shivery Bones: 487
Goal for words cut: 20,000
Actual words cut: 24,250
Yay me!
And yesterday, I couldn't resist working on Charged with Folly during my lunch hour writing break. Although the first chapter remains largely the same as the one I workshopped on OWW last year, I've been able to refine the emotional underpinnings and add in some subtle things pertaining to the larger story. It was nice to actually know what the larger story is. :-)
As if to support my new (re)found commitment to writing CWF I walked into Barnes and Noble last night and found Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions by Lisa Randall, a "popular science" book that deals with the complicated and fascinating physics that resides in the background of CWF. (That's Charged with Folly's dirty little secret--it's a fantasy novel with a scientific base.) (A lot more fantasy than science, though.)
And I've reconsidered redoing the first chapter of Shivery Bones. At this point, I'm going to let it stand or fall as is. I am thoroughly sick of it (although not the characters and story, if that makes sense).