Joely Sue Burkhart

I guess I can avoid the Witness Protection Program for those of us sweaters who need to hide out from Sven.  Why?

I FINISHED THE NOVELLA!

*cheers*

Okay, it’s only a first draft, and the last 20+ pages are pretty rough at that, but now the polishing can begin.  I knew I was close to finishing!  While I knew in general what needed to happen, there were some details I hadn’t figured out yet.  Finally, I just pushed my way through the uncertainty like a bull in a china shop.  I took a few wrong turns–actually, I started out the day by cutting 182 words–but I think I got pretty close.

I will admit to some concern about how the end all played out.  Will it make sense?  I hope so.  I kind of confused myself there for awhile by blending dream and reality, and there’s a leap that I didn’t expect to make.  It makes sense now to me, but I’m not sure if it actually works, if that makes sense.  So I’ll give it a few days, smooth out the last section (I got lazy and section 016 is 27 pages!), and get a “complete” first draft that’s ready for readers.

Total for today:  3,578 words.

Word count for TFW:  37,528 words.

Sven total:  43,584 words.

There’s nothing better in the world than “The End.”  Except maybe “sold.” 

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