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Resilience tag cloud
The first draft of the novel is currently at 92,643 words.
It looks kinda like this:
(tag cloud by Wordle)
Posted by benrosen at July 27, 2009 10:04 PM | Up to blogIs that a completed first draft? If so, congratulations!!!
Posted by: Mary Anne Mohanraj at July 27, 2009 10:57 PMHow do I get your fancy spreadsheet...? =)
Posted by: Jenny Rae Rappaport at July 28, 2009 07:08 AMAlas, nowhere near done yet!
Jenny, I'll give you a copy of the spreadsheet if you want...
Posted by: Benjamin Rosenbaum at July 28, 2009 08:28 AMLove this kind of illustration of a text!
Congrats on the progress!
Posted by: Lise A at July 28, 2009 12:32 PMI would love to have a copy of the spreadsheet! Can you e-mail it to me?
Posted by: Jenny Rae Rappaport at July 28, 2009 06:54 PMThat's awesome - I've been checking in on the spreadsheet now -- I find it strangely re-assuring, both for the progress and the down days.
I'd be interested to know how you're calculating the 'left to go' data -- based on chapter outlines?
I love the name 'Squell'.
I have no chapter outlines, Ben! "Left to go" is based on a totally arbitrary guess of 120k for how long a first draft might be. Which makes the whole thing a bit iffy, I know.
By the way, I just read 'Couch' and I loved it!
Posted by: Benjamin Rosenbaum at July 29, 2009 01:25 PMAh shucks, that's fun.
120k words seems like it'd have a nice feel to it. Couch ended up at somewhere around 98k and felt a tad insubstantial (at least compared to how my ego had pictured it in book form).
