Week 2 of writing my latest vampire romance novel, Heart of Darkness<\/b>, is now complete and I managed to make another giant leap towards getting this story finished in what has to be record time for me.<\/p>\n
I had reached around 36500 words at the end of last week, which was fantastic progress in my first week and 6000 words better that I had anticipated. This week the total so far has risen by yet another 36000 words, and now it stands at 72218. I had hoped to write 30000 words this week, so writing another 6000 on top is wonderful and really gives me confidence that I can probably have the first draft on this done by the end of next week\/early the week after. I would be amazed if I manage to finish what will likely be a 120,000 word first draft of this vampire romance novel in only 3 weeks. That would be too extraordinary.<\/p>\n
The darling husband told me not to rush, because surely it won’t be as good. I told him that I’m not rushing, I’m just writing at the speed my heart, mind and fingers long to go with this story. Because I have it all plotted out, scenes planned, etc, it means I can go quickly on it without fear of it being rubbish, because I know what I have is good. I just need to take what I’ve written as notes and make it into a story, and add in the parts which I didn’t plan out. I’m confident that the first draft of the story will be good, with only minor things to smooth out plot-wise and character-wise.<\/p>\n
I did have to stop myself from writing on Thursday evening on the train home. I had accumulated 8000 words that day and my fingers were aching so much that I couldn’t type even when I really wanted to keep going. My fingers are an important part of my toolset though and I have to give them the break they need in order to stop them from wearing out!<\/p>\n
I hit the middle section earlier in the week, which saw me slow down a bit too. I had to pause and think and then push on through. Thankfully I have found my flow again with the story and we’re dashing on. A lot has happened and we’re on the cusp of the heroine and hero finally getting together and surrendering to their love. It’s been a rocky road for these two, and there are still troubled times ahead for them to get through before the end of the book.<\/p>\n
Arms are tired again from writing this looong blog post so I need a break. Here’s to another 30000 words next week. I don’t think I’ll push myself. If I manage 36000 again, I’ll be very excited when I post my week 3 catch up!<\/p>\n
Cuppa tea time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Week 2 of writing my latest vampire romance novel, Heart of Darkness, is now complete and I managed to make another giant leap towards getting this story finished in what has to be record time for me. I had reached … Continue reading