Just completed the last of my 2nd draft edits for Act 1 of my novel. The last two pages were a bit half assed as one of the edits was “more running, more panic, more stuff’ but the point is its done. 

Now comes the fun part of retyping all of this as my drop box account saved only non writing files because my life is filled with first world problems.

Finally. This scene is edited. Not done. Not perfect. Just edited. It’s now in second draft stages which means I don’t have to look at it for a while. 

I can finally move on to the next scene. Just need to deiced if my frustration level is too high to tackle a chunk of it tonight.

long day at work… finally I can novel. curled up with some chips and salsa, ready to tackle ‘act 2’

My Nano Update of Sorts

So for nano, I have decided to plug through as much of book two, of my dystopian series, as I can. As you all know if you are my nano buddy (If you aren’t why not? Look for me I’m littlelummox on there. Message me and we can be all motivated writers together.) I’m not getting a huge word count… yet. 

I’m focusing on my plot outline right now. I have Thursday and Friday off, so my hope is to kill the word count gap then.

BUT… In my outline I just touched upon the mean girl of the book, and why she’s so mean and I’m instantly like “Dear God. Her life is so hard. Back story, why you coming at me like this?” I love these characters. Honestly. LOVE. They are my children and everything they do makes me cry.

How are your nanos going? Hows the word count?

I have finally done some editing today. It feels so good to be back in my novel.

I think people who say young adult is getting to dark are the people who look back on high school and think it really was the best years of their lives.

85k!

Wooo! Longest it’s ever been! The longest I’ve ever worked on a novel. The most words I have ever written about one subject!

An excerpt from my post apocalyptic

Please keep in mind that this is a very rough first draft. I know I have some overused words like “I” and my dyslexia is very clear in some spelling errors…  I can’t tell you how nervous I am to share this. But with that in mind, pleas feel free to leave feedback. Here or on my blog!

     My bare feet tore against earth. Ages of rainless days turned the soil into shards of glass. Sin cried behind me as I pulled her. She needed to know that I would leave her if her whines called attention to us. I dropped her hand and put a few good strides between us. “Wait! Wait!” She called after me as her small, bleeding feet tried to keep up. 

     “Then shut up.” I hissed as I looped back took her hand again. We couldn’t slow down. I had until sunrise before Cray would know I was gone. He would have a hunt gathered and then Sin and I would only have the few hours of night running between us. Two girls could not outrun the best hunters of our village. Not when all we had was a pack Father prepared for me in a wild rush, and the men hunting us would be well stocked with water and supplies. I could only guess the pack had enough water and food to get us to the next village, even then the nearest village was miles from us still and not at all friendly. No one is friendly to outsiders. Not girls, least of all. In this crop-less land where the only meat you kill is just as thin as you. Two hungry mouths were not welcome anywhere. 

     Father was smart. He must have packed something that I could trade. That old watch that wound up, still told the time. Perhaps a vial of fuel. A match. Enough to make someone willing to listen to two girls running through their village. But Father didn’t pack for two. He packed for me. Sin was an addition he hadn’t planned.

Having the biggest mental block in editing.

Finishing up this chapter edit for my novel and watching the Hunger Games… again.

Then blogging, reading, and bed. Love Saturdays.

OMG just had one of those holy shit moments of inspiration. That moment that you have been waiting for through the whole novel. That moment. That moment where you can no longer type fast enough and you wish you hadn’t had that extra shot of espresso because this is more of a rush than any drug could ever give you. GAH THAT MOMENT!!!!

Chapter 7 is Re-Edited

I feel better about it, now that the plot hole is smaller. Nice. It is 6,624 words and the whole novel is at 93,244 words. So, I took a hit there. Oh well. Had to be done.

On to chapter 8…

Overall thoughts on Matched by Ally Condie

Rating: 2/5

Format: Audio Book

Favorite Character: I disliked them all equally.

Favorite Line: The only line that stands out to me is “Do not go gentle into that goodnight.” But, even in Matched it’s known as a quote from Dylan Thomas.

For my full thoughts, check out my blog or goodreads.

Oh hey,

No big deal. My novels at 90k.