Well, fixed one chapter, broke another!
To fix my previous problem (duplicate chapters) I tore out the good parts of both, smooshed them together and moved it around. Now I’m missing a chapter elsewhere!
But that’s okay, I’d rather write a whole chapter from scratch than mix and match again!
I’m beginning to think writing was the easiest part of this book! (Compared to editing.)
Or maybe it’s third, I don’t remember now. Anyway, I started it today. I’m not going to hold such a rigorous schedule as I did the last two months. One chapter rewrite per day.
Most days that’ll be between 1k and 2k words which is a lot lower than I had been doing for November and October.
I went on a walk today and tried to work out exactly what I’m going to do with the two books. I’m still mostly convinced that I will be combining WotS1 and 2 into one War of the Sisters, with it starting with In the Beginning and ending with The End.
All the pieces are already there except for the slight break between [Spoilers] and the beginning of book 2. At the moment there is a time jump from WOTS1 and WOTS2 of about a thousand years. (Yeah, I know.) I need to fill that in instead of just saying “time passed here are some new characters.”
I have a vague idea of what I would like to go there, but I need to get back into the Lilith and Asherah of book 1, which were a bit different than the Lilith and Asherah of book 2, which is why I’m beginning the rewrite before I write the ‘connecting’ chapters.
I’m going to be reposting the Prologue of WOTS1 in the next couple weeks, it’s been edited a little. It will probably go on its own page rather than an entry. Possibly also a second chapter, haven’t decided yet.
Anyway, that was a long, rambling, nonsensical entry, thanks for sticking with it!
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Well, another year, another NaNo and I’m calling it done for this year.
The rewrite of WotS2 ended today, at 122k words. I’m letting 1 and 2 rest until January when I begin another read through/edit and possibly combine 1 and 2 into one book, named War of the Sisters.
We’ll see how it goes. Thanks for reading everyone!
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That is a bit misleading, but the first draft is nice and done.
Sitting at almost 80k words. I think that should be good, I’m sure there will be additions in the editing process that will bring it up to that goal. . All the bits are there and in order, I’m gonna give it a few days rest and then do a read through and see about forwarding it to my family/friends that are gonna be my beta readers 😮 Once I make sure it’s readable I’ll post a few chapters from the beginning. Happy writing all!
**happy dance**
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Why hello there, dear readers.
First, I’m very sorry at how terrible I am at updating at regular intervals. I really should make a list of things to do every week so I remember to keep you guys updated!
Moving on, the rewrite is going quite well, I think. I’m about halfway through E1 and changed the working title to “War of the Sisters, Book 1” WotS1 is currently at 44,656 words. I estimate it to probably be just about halfway, either a little under or a little over, depending on how the story rolls out.
What a name change means, though, is that the blog is not named correctly anymore! But that’s okay we’ll deal with that in the future.
Everything I’ve rewritten and added seems pretty good to me so far, I haven’t let anyone read it yet, though, so there may still be changes. However, I’m reaching the part that I had issues with before and that’s the lead up from Middle to End. I know exactly what I want the story to end with, and I love everything up to this point. The problem is getting from point B to point C.
I know that it has to end with a very specific thing, it’s the whole premise of WotS2. And I love the ending so I don’t want to change it at all. I just have no idea how to get there! I’m hoping that at some point, by the end of what I’ve written so far an idea sparks to get me there!
Anyway, that’s about it for updates, I’ll try and do one in another week or so. Thanks for reading guys ❤
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