Draft!

[lagilman]

Last night I finished off the draft of THE NIGHT SERPENT (title approval pending). Of course, it also has about five pages of single-spaced notes attached to the margins about where I have to go back and add/change/delete/enhance/etc the manuscript, to get it from first draft to submission draft. But the story, she is done. Under word count, of course, but I always do that on first draft. No matter what the contracted-for length, I always come in x under. It's almost funny...

I fully expect the contract to hit my mailbox today. Timing is everything. Nope. I win!


ETA: amusing back-and-forth with my editor this morning. Cursing bad. Hot sex good. And I'm alllllll about the subtle. Really. ;-)
ETA2: For them as interested, the soundtrack for this book seems to have been Acoustic Alchemy, specifically "The Very Best of AA." I think "Same Road, Same Reason" was the soundtrack to my dreams last night, too.
ETA3: It must be a draft. I'm cleaning.

Comments

[lagilman]

Everyone has their own styles -- some folk overwrite and pare down, some folk hit it exact out of the box, and some of us daub the paint on in, as you said, layers.

No one Right Way. Just what works.

[karenmiller.livejournal.com]

Brilliant! Well done and woot!

[lagilman]

well, the jury's still out on brilliant, but... *grin* Thanks.

[matociquala.livejournal.com]

Yay draft!

Yeah, I underwrite too. You have no idea how many years that advice about, a final draft is a first draft minus 15% kicked my ass.

[lagilman]

"There is no One Way to Write a Novel."

Just a lot of wrong ways that work anyway.

[matociquala.livejournal.com]

yo yo yo represent yo.

[fakefrenchie.livejournal.com]

Wasn't there a nice aged malt beverage riding on when the contract arrived?

[lagilman]

there is discussion over "draft" or "final draft" was the agreement. I supect I'll get a drink out of it anyway, at some point....

[equesgal.livejournal.com]

Congrats, you put me to shame...but inspire me too to finish this dang thing I'm working on.

[lagilman]

750 a day, 750 a day.... (see my post above, about novel_in_90!)

[lagilman]

depends on which edits you're talking about, and what sort of shape the book's actually in. Right now I'm working off the notes my writers' group handed me, and my own thoughts now that I'm reading through the manuscript. I may do some maor changes here (I already know one section I want to rewrite for a different effect).

Once that's all done, it will go to madame editrix, who will make notes on any and everything she thinks either doesn't work or could be done better, and set me back to work. I've never been asked to rewrite entirely, but there have been sections I've been set to rethink....