Friday, June 18, 2010

13,000

Worked on my second book today. As I mentioned before, I had 11,000 words down already, so the 2,000 I did today puts it at 13,000.

It was my first day drafting in a while. Coming back after four months off wasn't too bad. For the last two months I've been re-writing, which is much different from writing a first draft. Re-writing is more craft than creation.

Things were a little rusty, but they still worked. It was a good day. I'm happy with the pages. Nice to know I still got it. There's always this fear that some day I am going to sit down and nothing is going to happen.

There is a little more horror in this one. It's not intentional, and it doesn't change who the audience is. Fantasy is a great genre. You can have mystery, horror, romance, etc., under its back drop. Such freedom.

Today's writing thought:

Writing verse is hard. As Conan said, "I have no tongue for it."

But if used sparingly, it has a real weight to it.

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