Why, hello there, Wednesday.I wrote two days last week, which I see is down from my three days the prior week. Hmm.... Well, it's something. And I cut another 12,000 words off my first draft, bringing me to a total of 28,000 words chopped since I started chopping. If my math skills are good (they're not), I think I've cut roughly 27% of my 101,300 word novel. I'm kind of hoping to cut like 70%. I think then I will find an editable story in all those words.
What else... Oh, I've been writing lots of story ideas down in my little notebook while staring at my computer at work. I don't know if I'll ever use any of them, but it helps me to feel creative during the dull work day.
And, I've been reading Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates. It's okay. The characters are selfish, and I don't really care about them. I'm trying to figure out if Yates wrote them that way on purpose, for some kind of social commentary, or if he thinks they're really great and that I should be cheering for them. I imagine only bad things will happen to the two main characters.
Anyway, that's it! Stay tuned for next week when I tell you again that I hit the delete key a lot.
9 comments:
Good job on all the cuts. That's sometimes the hardest thing to do.
It is difficult to "kill your darlings" and cut things out, but sounds like you are doing good. Keep it up.
It's so hard to delete after you've spent all that time creating those words. Hopefully it'll make the story better.
great job deleting!
Woo hoo on the editing! And good luck with slogging through the book with the selfish characters. Ugh. I really don't like those kind.
That's a lot of cutting! I'm very proud of you. It takes guts to do that, and I KNOW. You know I just threw out my WHOLE book and started over. Cut 100%, hehehe.
So keep us posted about that book, Reveolutionary Road. I'd like to know if it's worth reading.
Delete, delete, delete! I see it in my future too.
Thanks for all the encouraging words, everyone! I'm actually enjoying the deleting. I know it'll only make my novel stronger.
OMG - all that deleting! You are so brave!
Ooh, I have Revolutionary Road on my bookshelf (a gift from my mother-in-law) maybe I should read it and we can compare nights when we both finish!
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