The first draft of Daemon is done.
I actually finished yesterday. It came in at just under 80k, which is short, but it needs a lot more padding on rewrites.
I had the day off today. I had planned on working on some shorts, but the brain had other ideas. Not sure if I’ll [...]
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Huzzah!
Almost the end
Despite what my progress bar says, I am almost near the end of Daemon.
The progress bar bases it on a 100k MS, but this first draft is going to be shorter, somewhere around the vicinity of 80k.
It’s a mess. It’s a first draft, it’s supposed to be. Once I’m done with it, it’s [...]
Progress
Progress for this week on Daemon: 5,191
Yep, only about half of my usual output. Long weekend and a resurgence of depression made things difficult this week. I took Friday off as well, since my thinking was so scattered.
I did make a start on a couple of other small projects, which is something at [...]
Progress notes
Words for the week on Daemon: 10, 075.
Difficult week all around for writing. I don’t think I had one day when I actually looked forward to that writing time. Every day it was an act of will just to get my butt into the chair with the laptop and get the words down.
It’s [...]
Progress notes: 3rd February 2007
Words for the week: 10,364
Writing was the same pattern as previous full weeks – I managed to write extra words from Monday to Thursday, which allowed me to have a slack day on Friday. It feels weird, still, since I’m so used to pushing myself to the limit (Hey, I can do 10k a [...]
Progress
This week was a bit of a write-off (ha ha) for me.
Total words for the week: 4,725.
There would have been 2k more, but for the fact that my laptop decided to eat an entire day of work. Sigh. One other day was lost to medical appointments and another to a public holiday. [...]
Progress notes: 19th January 2007
This has been a difficult week. My health has been worsening again, and as such, writing has been a struggle.
I’ve decided to change how I do things, as I think the way I’ve been pushing myself is placing far too much pressure on me. So, for the rest of this novel draft, I’m [...]
15th January 2007
Words on Daemon: 2,584
I’ve committed a writing sin. Yes, I was about 50k into a draft of Daemon. And yes, I’ve scrapped the lot of it and begun again. I was just feeling around in the dark previously, but now I have a firm plan of what’s going to happen.
Different starting point [...]
Progress notes: 18th December, 2006
New words: 2,082
Total words: 47,025
Seriously hampered by migraine. I suspect when I go back and read this section it will make absolutely no sense.
Progress notes: 15th December, 2006
New words: 2,373
Total words: 44,943
Assuming this one is going to be around 100k, I’m approaching the halfway mark. And oh, the angst.
