Hello Hello.
I thought it would be helpful to set up some realistic goals for myself this year in terms of writing.
When I was doing some research on fiction novels I believe it was an average of 80-100k words for your first, between 50-60 scenes. Currently I have about 8,000 words floating around, though a lot of it is brain dump and exploration rather than true excerpts. I have a pretty solid 3 Act structure layout, so my next task is to write a point form of each thing that happens, and figure out my 50-60 scenes!
I think realistically by the end of the year I should be well into editing at least a second or final draft.
My big timeline for 2024:
- Complete point form & scene list by February 29th, 2024.
- Complete first draft by September 30th, 2024
- Editing Completed December 31st, 2024.
I hope this is reasonable. A lot of the brain work has happened and I need to work on the pieces in between that connect the main scenes.
Very exciting! Thanks for tuning in, and see you next time.
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