Week 4

Totally forgot to post how many pages I did last week, so here’s the progress I’ve made on my book so far from start to finish.

So I’m writing page 89 right now. Pretty good for four weeks of writing. As you can see, on the 19^th, I had to take a break from my customary 3 pages to fix some plot structuring. I had to rework the ending just a bit due to changes in the story from the storyboard. Which brings me to my next point: I’m almost done with my story!

This is actually a bad thing. I was hoping, based on the amount of story outline content I had written up, that this book was going to be much longer, but as of now, it’s sitting around 42,300 words—a shorter book than most.  Now, I’m still not done. I predict it will end up being around 50,000 words when I finish the first draft, but that’s still a short novel.

Here’s my plan: on my second pass through, I’m going to fill in events and chapters to provide more detail and hopefully craft a better story since right now, it’s kind of skimpy in a few areas. I’m guessing that will add another 25,000 words to the story, leveling out at 75,000 for the first book in the series. That’s a number I think I can deal with as far as novels go.

Well that’s my update. I’m really happy with the book so far, and know exactly where I want to expand some sections of the book on the second pass. So far my plan has worked, to keep writing consistently every day. It’s kept me excited about the subject and story, and I’m anxious to get it published and out into the world.