THE NOVEL PROJECT

My journey to completing a fiction novel

ARMartin

ARMartin
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Alabama, USA
Birthday
April 07
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I'm a former military type person who is now an aspiring novelist. To quote my favorite author, "If I was even moderately successful in anything else in life I likely wouldn't have gotten into writing." Well, that's not exact, but you get the idea. Anyway, this blog is going to catalogue my journey to finishing a novel. It's mainly to help me, but if my journey can help anyone else - well, that'll be great!

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APRIL 12, 2010 5:28PM

362 Days left - 74099 words to go

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Some decent progress today.  Woot! I'm almost 1/75th done with my first draft.  I also did some imagineering today (which essentially means that I hop in the shower and stare off into space until the water gets cold).  I have a lot better idea as to the "look" of my world now.  I think I also have a rough idea for the climax scene at the end.   It's great to know where you're going after all. 

I have the title and three characters so far, with several more characters planned.  If anyone is interested in specifics just ask me and I'll put details here and there - otherwise I'll just fly over it. 

Here's a fun fact for writing: 500 words is the average length of a page, making a  novel an average of  150 pages. 

Alright, I'm glad I made progress because my wife has given me a writing assignment and I'll likely not get much further today.  In fact, I have several writing assignments apart from my novel that are starting to creep up on me.  I'll try and keep up the steady progress. 

Wish me luck while I . . . Get Writing!

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