Chapter 29
After two weeks of being extremely ill, I finally got another chapter done. I had hoped to be finished with the book and well into editing by now, but... life intervenes. So it is. No reason to beat myself up over it.
I finished Chapter 29, which was a Bran chapter. Half of it was action, half of it was setting the final stage of the book. The dialog is a bit stilted at the end in this chapter so I know I will have to revisit it once I get into editing. But for now I am happy with it and it is time to move on.
As the word count stands:
The next chapter is a Cormac chapter. Should be relatively short and fun to write. Chapter 31 will be a Bran chapter. Chapter 32 will be a Richard chapter. Chapter 33 will be a Bran chapter. And then the Epilogue. Not sure about, but I might need another chapter after Chapter 33. We will see. It all depends on how quickly the book feels like it wrapped up. Don't want to shortchange readers with the climax.
Going to New York for Comic Con in about 13 days. Should be great fun! I know I won't have the book done by then, but I'll be close!
I finished Chapter 29, which was a Bran chapter. Half of it was action, half of it was setting the final stage of the book. The dialog is a bit stilted at the end in this chapter so I know I will have to revisit it once I get into editing. But for now I am happy with it and it is time to move on.
As the word count stands:
| Prologue: 3045 Chapter 1: 4075 Chapter 2: 2973 Chapter 3: 3241 Chapter 4: 4144 Chapter 5: 4547 Chapter 6: 2793 Chapter 7: 3598 Chapter 8: 4939 Chapter 9: 4257 Interlude: 2372 Chapter 10: 3346 Chapter 11: 3185 Chapter 12: 3639 Chapter 13: 4878 Chapter 14: 4562 Chapter 15: 3840 Chapter 16: 3984 | Chapter 17: 5441 Chapter 18: 4725 Chapter 19: 5651 Interlude: 3687 Chapter 20: 4122 Chapter 21: 4537 Chapter 22: 4220 Chapter 23: 4275 Chapter 24: 4468 Chapter 25: 5046 Chapter 26: 5458 Chapter 27: 3715 Chapter 28: 4838 Chapter 29: 4698 Chapter 30: Chapter 31: Chapter 32: Epilogue: |
The next chapter is a Cormac chapter. Should be relatively short and fun to write. Chapter 31 will be a Bran chapter. Chapter 32 will be a Richard chapter. Chapter 33 will be a Bran chapter. And then the Epilogue. Not sure about, but I might need another chapter after Chapter 33. We will see. It all depends on how quickly the book feels like it wrapped up. Don't want to shortchange readers with the climax.
Going to New York for Comic Con in about 13 days. Should be great fun! I know I won't have the book done by then, but I'll be close!
Labels: The Dark Thorn
posted by Shawn C. Speakman | 10:37 PM
7 Comments:
I've got my work cut out for me if I hope to catch up now, Shawn!
Darn 9 week trip left me way behind!
Glad to hear you're feeling better, dude.
~Aidan
Aidan: I am feeling better but still not myself. Stupid. Never ever will I put myself in harm's way for love -- unless it means saving someone.
As for your book, you better get on it! I want to read it, and the only way that will happen is if you finish it. :) Plus, Terry is coming up to Surrey this October. It'd be better for you to have it finished and edited by then because then you could talk directly to Terry about it and finding it a home.
So get crackin!
Ahh. If Terry's back in Surrey, I'll definitely have to attend this year.
I've been trying to get a little bit done on THROUGH BENDED GRASS every day. Marathon writing sessions are hard to come by, so I figure even if it's only a few hundred words 5 or 6 days a week, that equals a few chapters a month.
I've got the whole thing outlined, so now all I've got to do is write the final 11 chapters and then it's off to editing. October seems like an easily attainable goal to have it written and (loosely) edited. But, as you're fond of pointing out, life usually has a way of getting in our way and fucking up even the most perfect of plans!
~Aidan
Hey, Shawn. Who do I have to pay to read some more of this stuff?
Yours,
J (an old friend from Dayton, Ohio)
Eradan: Wow! Now there is a name from out of the past. :) Nice to see you are still around! How have you been and what have you been up to? Reading anything good? Still writing?
As for reading more of The Dark Thorn, you are definitely one of those people I'd love to get early criticism from. You know the craft, you know the genre and you've always been fair. Did you read the Prologue and Chapter 21 excerpt? Just curious...
Hope you are well! Definitely get in touch with me.
Yes, read both the prologue and excerpt. I'll email you in the next day or so to catch up, comment on your work, etc.
J
Eradan: Good deal. Should be fun.
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