May 19, 2008

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ARRRRRRGH. So close, and yet so far, dammit. I really, really, really wanted to knock out Draft Zero of The Boneshaker today, but I just can’t make it happen. I’ve exhausted my creative reservoirs, and I must return tomorrow to wrap this bad-boy up. I only have about half a scene left to write, plus a short epilogue.

What? I like epilogues. They make me happy. It’s like the bonus scene you get if you wait through a movie’s credits. I mean, you have to stick around for it. Maybe you’ll get to see Samuel L. Jackson in an eye-patch or something.

So here’s today’s progress on the west coast steampunk Victoriana book with zombies, air ships, toxic gas clouds, mad scientists, dead folk heroes, secret criminal societies, and Bonus! extended deleted scenes from the Civil War:

Project: The Boneshaker
New Words: 7746 (which might actually be a personal record)
Present Total Word Count: 137,733 words
Goal: NOW I JUST WANNA FINISH IT





Observations: Yes, the new target word count is 140,000. Shut up.

Things Accomplished in Real Life: I only just now — when I sat down to tally up the daily count — realized that I’ve broken 200,000 words for this year. That blows my freakin’ mind. More than that, it gave me an idea for a more realistic, doable, flexible goal than my original New Year’s Resolution.* Henceforth, I want to average at least 1000 words a day for one full year; and at this rate, I’ll kill that off and then some. No, I don’t intend to use the added cushion to slow down.

Reason for Stopping: I just. Can’t. Type. Another. Line. Of. Dialogue. This last half of this last scene is one of the most important ones in the book, and I don’t want to write it with half my brain burned out. I’d rather come at it fresh in the morning.

Total Fiction Words Composed in 2008: 206,299 (holy crap)


* In case you’re new or you don’t remember, I resolved to write every single day. It didn’t work out.

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