And it just keeps on growing ...
Project Cold Witness is now over 116K in length. I ended up adding an extra chapter after NIGHT TERRORS, mostly because by the time I'd got to the end of the chapter, I still had about 30 pages of story left to write. I think I'm within 4,000 words of the ending now, which is just as well; I really don't want it to be longer than 120,000 words.
My brother's currently reading through the first draft, and he's already noted some important things I need to sort out in the revision. Oliver Elmwood's subplot needs to be drawn to a satisfactory closure, seeing as he kind of ... vanishes half way through. A few other minor things have also been picked up, largely to do with consistency and plausibility. I'll try to sort them all out before I send it off to my various proofreaders. As far as I can make out, the issues are all to do with plot; the characters are (I hope) pretty much sorted.
I should be finished in a couple of days. I'm feeling kind of lost; this has been my longest novel ever, and certainly the most enjoyable to write. Mind you, I always feel like this when I finish a book. The feeling never lasts long, though--the pull of the next project, tugging me on, is an inexorable call.
(Edit: I'm using a new commenting template. Tell me how you like it. Black seems to be my style, but it might be harder to use. Should I go back to the old one?)
Project Cold Witness is now over 116K in length. I ended up adding an extra chapter after NIGHT TERRORS, mostly because by the time I'd got to the end of the chapter, I still had about 30 pages of story left to write. I think I'm within 4,000 words of the ending now, which is just as well; I really don't want it to be longer than 120,000 words.
My brother's currently reading through the first draft, and he's already noted some important things I need to sort out in the revision. Oliver Elmwood's subplot needs to be drawn to a satisfactory closure, seeing as he kind of ... vanishes half way through. A few other minor things have also been picked up, largely to do with consistency and plausibility. I'll try to sort them all out before I send it off to my various proofreaders. As far as I can make out, the issues are all to do with plot; the characters are (I hope) pretty much sorted.
I should be finished in a couple of days. I'm feeling kind of lost; this has been my longest novel ever, and certainly the most enjoyable to write. Mind you, I always feel like this when I finish a book. The feeling never lasts long, though--the pull of the next project, tugging me on, is an inexorable call.
(Edit: I'm using a new commenting template. Tell me how you like it. Black seems to be my style, but it might be harder to use. Should I go back to the old one?)
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