I hear this! Finished what I thought was half of my first draft… hearing from critique partners that it was, in fact, the end of book one… and that I most certainly was writing a series… well! :)
Still, these moments are worth sharing with other writers. The first draft feels like a rough diamond; so much potential, and hard won slowly chipping it out of our subconscious.
That must have been such a funny feeling, thinking you were half way through, then realising you were finished! Yes to the rough diamond analogy! Still, I'm really enjoying the process of refining it!
I love this! I'm nearly 10,000 words into my novel, zero clue what I'm doing, but I'm looking forward to the story being written so then I can make it good... theoretically! Congratulations on your first draft!!
It took a while to get my head around it! But now I see it more clearly. Good to give my heroine a longer growth arc.
I hear this! Finished what I thought was half of my first draft… hearing from critique partners that it was, in fact, the end of book one… and that I most certainly was writing a series… well! :)
Still, these moments are worth sharing with other writers. The first draft feels like a rough diamond; so much potential, and hard won slowly chipping it out of our subconscious.
That must have been such a funny feeling, thinking you were half way through, then realising you were finished! Yes to the rough diamond analogy! Still, I'm really enjoying the process of refining it!
I love this! I'm nearly 10,000 words into my novel, zero clue what I'm doing, but I'm looking forward to the story being written so then I can make it good... theoretically! Congratulations on your first draft!!
Thank you! Yes it's such a fun stage! Keep going! Sounds like you've got some good momentum going!