I Did It.
It's unbelievably rough. My world building is for crap and I know I'm somehow missing a scene near the end, but the last words have been written. It came in slightly under word count, but that's ok. I'm actually happier that it ended up under 12,000 words. It's my first attempt at erotic romance and I'm not sure I did it right. I'm not sure about a lot of things. My characters are uneven and the plot -- well, I think it came out awfully thin on paper, though I have all this backstory in my head. I have to find a way to beef it up within the story.
Now I'm going to let it sit for a while before I try to fix all of its mistakes. There are so many, I'm a bit overwhelmed by the idea of repairing and polishing right now.
But I did it. I finally finished my second ms.
12 Comments:
Congrats on getting that first draft done! That's a big step. Finishing just feels good, too, don't you think?
By 
Kristen Painter, at
8:08 AM
Congratulations! Letting it sit for a while makes sense to me. Fresh eyes and all that, when you come back to it.
By 
, at
8:10 AM
Smart!
Getting it down is VITAL.
Mistakes, shimakes.
Revisions are normal.
Yay for finishing! That's awesome!
And I'm tagging you with "currently..." (you can see on my blog if you haven't seen this one yet). Enjoy! hahahaha
WTG, Sela!!!! One more story, chica, and you'll have enough for a single author anthology! Think about it! ::shivery good feelings::
By vanessa jaye, at
11:49 AM
Awesome, Sela! The first in a different genre always seems the hardest to finish in a satisfactory nature. If you're interested in another erotica writer's opinion, let me know and we can work something out. :)
By Savannah Jordan, at
3:18 PM
Congratulations, Sela!
By , at
3:30 AM
Yay! It's a great feeling when you finish even when you know you need to go back. Congratulations!
By Nell Dixon, at
7:47 AM
Fantastico!!!
YOu go girl! Enjoy the feeling, you have finished. You are more than a one manuscript woman.
By Michelle Styles, at
12:37 AM
Whoo oHoooo!
By Sasha White, at
2:54 AM
WOO HOOOOOO Sela!!! I'm so freaking proud of you!
*does happy dance*
By Anna Louise Lucia, at
5:08 AM