First draft is done!

Nov. 26th, 2011 08:56 am[personal profile] jethrien
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Last night, I finished the first draft of the novel I've been working on for the last year and a half! (Working title is The Airship Mechanic.) There's already half a dozen things I need to go back and fix before the writing group gets it in two weeks, but there's a beginning and an end and 125,000 words between those two things. Huzzah!
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Date: 2011-11-26 02:55 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] mithrigil.livejournal.com
FUCK YES.

Date: 2011-11-26 04:08 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] ecmyers.livejournal.com
Woohoo! Congratulations! This is already a noteworthy achievement, and I hope you will celebrate it.

Date: 2011-11-26 04:32 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] feiran.livejournal.com
Yaaaaaay! Congratulations! I am so impressed and excited for you. :D

Date: 2011-11-26 06:09 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] dushai.livejournal.com
Congratulations! That's wonderful! I don't suppose you need yet another test reader? :)

Date: 2011-11-26 09:03 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] jethrien.livejournal.com
Not this round. I think the current plan is to dump draft one on the writing group. But once I fix that set of things, draft two will need some readers. I don't want to get too much feedback all at once and get overwhelmed, and I'll need someone to tell me how the revisions turned out.

Date: 2011-11-27 10:44 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] dushai.livejournal.com
I suspected you didn't need readers at the moment, but I had to ask anyway, because I have this suspicion that reading a [livejournal.com profile] jethrien novel would be FRICKIN' AWESOME. Please keep me in mind for the next revision. :)

Date: 2011-11-27 02:12 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] jethrien.livejournal.com
I hope so. I have my doubts at the moment.

Date: 2011-11-26 11:00 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] xannoside.livejournal.com

*Happy dance*

Well done, you!

Date: 2011-11-26 11:37 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] momerath4.livejournal.com
Hooray!! :)

Date: 2011-11-27 01:30 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] maydove.livejournal.com
Congratulations!! (Sounds steampunkish--is it?)

Date: 2011-11-27 01:38 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] jethrien.livejournal.com
Quite. A pregnant clockmaker gets a job on an airship cruise line on the eve of the Franco-Prussian War.

Date: 2011-11-27 02:28 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] maydove.livejournal.com
Ooh! Did you base any of it on your clock-fixing project in college?

Date: 2011-11-27 02:34 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] jethrien.livejournal.com
Only a little.

Date: 2011-11-27 07:45 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] ivy03.livejournal.com
\o/

Date: 2011-11-28 12:36 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] shnayder.livejournal.com
Woot. When you're ready for more test readers, let me know :)

Date: 2011-11-28 03:19 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] negativeq.livejournal.com
CONGRATULATIONS!!! MAJOR SUCCESS!

That's the hardest part right, finishing the first draft?

If you need a beta reader, let me know =D

Date: 2011-11-28 12:57 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] jethrien.livejournal.com
I've got a first set lined up, but I'll let you know if I need help with the second set.

Date: 2011-11-28 07:52 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] trinityvixen.livejournal.com
Well done you! Now you should revel in your success and lord it over everybody!
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