Endgame, Two Moves Shy of Mate

[dr_pretentious]

Topped three thousand words today.

That kicks ass, even by Nanowrimo standards.

I am going to finish this draft tomorrow. Being this close to finished, and yet not quite finished, always turns me into The Scary Crazy Lady. You know, the one who's mumbling to herself in the produce aisle. That's me, trying to get the dialogue right for my little paper nonexistent people.

The closer I am to finished, the more the spongy parts of the draft seem to suck. There's nothing for it but to speed past done, send copies to the beta readers who have demanded them, and get to work on something else before I'm overcome with remorse over my imperfections.

But, hey, three thousand words in a day.

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[wayzgoose.livejournal.com]

Then there are those of us that are cranking out another 3,000 words today simply because we didn't like the 3,000 words that used to be there. Net zero. But, I moved another chapter closer to the end as well. My beta reader has given me almost as many pages of notes as the novel is long so far. Third draft is just around the corner. If you bump into a Scary Crazy Man mumbling to himself in the produce aisle, you'll know who!