wolfwood1203

Alright, I know I've posted about this a lot already. So I'm sorry if you get tired of hearing about it. But the reality is that I'm going to be posting a lot more about my novel in the future. I've decided that I'm going to self publish. Which is going to mean a lot of work, I'm aware of this. I'm going to have...
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Thinking about what the story is about, the world building that I did, and the characters I created... I finally came up with a title.

It's set on a post-apocalyptic Earth, where most of humanity has left the planet. It follows the descendants of humanity who stayed behind for various reasons. And it's actually somewhat descriptive of the protagonists, and a few other characters.

I...
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After surviving an alien attack, humanity has moved forward into space. While most of the population has left the Earth behind in search of new worlds, some people stayed behind. Their descendants now must survive in the ruins.

It's a good start. A good friend of mine finished my book today. He liked it, liked the characters, some of the descriptions that I was a little unsure of, and he liked the ending. I know it's just one, somewhat biased opinion, but it's nice to hear.

Still finding mistakes. I don't have the best keyboard, and every so often words and phrases that...
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Okay, I'm working through the editing process. So far so good. I'm finding a lot more than I expected that needs fixing, but that's okay. Reading through, I think the pacing is okay. Right as I was starting to wonder about it, something happened in the story to get my attention back, which is a good sign.

I was thinking about it, and I really...
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Okay, I'm posting this on the first, but as it happens, I finished it in February after all. By virtue of it being a leap year...

Next up comes the fun part... Editing. Insert long dramatic sigh.

I'm in the home stretch here. Still can't believe how quickly this project has taken shape. Yes, I had a slow start. But I'm nearly finished. And it all happened so much faster than I ever expected. I kind of wanted to be completely finished by the end of February, but I'll take the beginning of March if it comes to that. I don't want...
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So, last night I compiled all of the different files that make up this story. I'm sending it to a friend, the only friend who will actually read it, to see what he thinks of the work so far. And as I was putting it all together I noticed something interesting.

You see, I title every document with the date and chapter number. And of...
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Oh, holy shit. I just passed 55,000 words. I finished the first major story arc. This thing is looking more and more like an actual story. And somehow, I have to try to sleep after writing that climax. I don't know why this feels so different. I've written a novel length work before. It wasn't very good, at least I don't think so, but I've...
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You know, I've never been somebody's valentine...

Anyway. Editing sucks. I had to do some editing to piece together different parts of the story. Everything that I added, basically just replaced everything that I had to change, leaving me with more or less the exact same amount written. Granted, I didn't lose progress. But it still sucks adding to a work in progress only to...
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